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Monday, March 3, 2014

The Paradise of the caves of Lanquín

The Lanquin Caves National Park

You can see also: Semuc Champey

The Lanquin Caves National Park is a protected area consisting of a large limestones cave system located 1 km (0.62 mi) west of Lanquín in the department of  Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. The cave system Lanquin was declared a national park in 1955 covering an area of about 11 hectares (0.1 km²). Near the entrance passes a river also called Lanquín walking about 12 miles to the river Cahabon.

Grutas de Lanquín National Park
 Located 1 km from the municipal seat of Lanquín, on the road that leads to Coban, passes over the input Lanquin Caves, one of the first declared protected areas in Guatemala.

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Sunday, February 23, 2014

A spanish colonial fort an the entrance to Lake Izabal, Guatemala.

Castillo de San Felipe de Lara

The Castillo de San Felipe de Lara(often referred to simply as the Castillo de San Felipe) is a Spanish colonial fort at the entrance to Lake Izabal in eastern Guatemala. Lake Izabal is connected with the Caribbean Sea via the Dulce River  and El Golfete lake.
Castillo-de-san-felipe-de-lara
Castle of San Felipe

The Castillo de San Felipe was used by the Spanish for several centuries, during which time it was destroyed and looted several times by pirates.