CATours<\/a>. They do “motorcycle bike adventure tours in Guatemala,” and it makes all this travel worth it. They rent you a little two-stroke dirtbike like a Yamaha 175, provide helmet and knee-guards, and then they show you around Guatemala. Really fucking cool. I can’t believe I haven’t talked about them here before, but it looks like I haven’t.<\/p>\nThis is my third trip down here, like I said, and I’ve gone out for a ride with them each time. Last time I was here I did their “Dirt River Tour,” which was a mostly off-road asskicking day for a Harley guy like me, but a ton of fun. It was kind of like getting into S&M — you need a safe word in case the “hurts so good” starts to hurt a little too bad — and I almost said the safe word a couple of times. I have just about zero off-road experience and we rode through rougher terrain than I would have thought I could handle, but I survived and loved it.<\/p>\n
This time around I did the same tour I did my first time down here — the “Village Tour,” which is a mostly paved road excursion through several local villages. There’s some dirt roads, but it’s really easy riding. It’s mostly a looky-loo tour, but it’s really cool to see a foreign country from the seat of a motorcycle. <\/p>\n
This time around I had a little video camera with me, a Flip video kind of thing, and I jammed it into my helmet so I could film some of the riding. I’ve posted it to Youtube and I’ll link to it below.<\/p>\n
And with that… I don’t have much else to say. Stay tuned, maybe I’ll check in again sometime.<\/p>\n
From the Dirt River tour on my last trip down, this is me crossing a river and nearly dumping it:
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