CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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108 km from Guatemala City to Guatemala City, about 2 h 33 of riding. It goes by way of San Cristobal \El Alto\, Antigua Guatemala, San Juan del Obispo and back through Antigua Guatemala. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,000 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
Guatemala City sits in a high valley, at around 1,500 metres, ringed by volcanoes. On a clear morning, from a rooftop or a ridge, you can see the cones of Pacaya, Agua, Fuego and Acatenango lined up along the horizon, and Fuego often sends up a white plume of ash. The city has been rebuilt several times after earthquakes, most seriously in 1917 and 1976, and its landscape of gullies and ravines, crossed by high concrete bridges, makes it feel both modern and fragile. At its centre, in Zone 1, stand the cathedral, the National Palace and a big plaza where families come to sit and talk.
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Guatemala City is where the day begins. Next is San Cristobal \El Alto\.
San Cristóbal El Alto clings to the hills above Antigua Guatemala, on the road that climbs toward San Juan del Obispo and Santa María de Jesús. The air here is cooler than in the valley, scented with pine smoke and coffee, and on clear mornings the three great volcanoes of the area, Agua, Fuego and Acatenango, stand along the skyline like a drawn curtain. Fuego, the active one, is often puffing a plume of ash into the sky, which makes for a dramatic backdrop.
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San Cristobal \El Alto\ comes up 11 km in. Next is Antigua Guatemala.
Antigua Guatemala is a city that fell down and got up again. For more than two centuries it was the capital of Spanish Central America, a grand colonial town of churches, convents and mansions at the foot of three volcanoes, Agua, Fuego and Acatenango. In 1773 a series of earthquakes shook it so badly that the authorities moved the capital to a new site, now Guatemala City, in 1776. The old city was partly abandoned, and many of its churches stand today as roofless ruins, their arches and walls covered with moss and flowers.
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At least 28 km in you reach Antigua Guatemala. Next is Antigua Guatemala.
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Antigua Guatemala, about halfway. Next is San Juan del Obispo.
San Juan del Obispo sits at 42 km, about halfway. Next is back through Antigua Guatemala.
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back through Antigua Guatemala comes up 53 km in. Next is back through Antigua Guatemala.
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63 km in you reach back through Antigua Guatemala. Next is back through San Cristobal \El Alto\.
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back through San Cristobal \El Alto\, late in the day. Next is Guatemala City.
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The route ends here after 108 km.
Guatemala City → San Cristobal \El Alto\ is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
San Cristobal \El Alto\ → Antigua Guatemala is 4 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Antigua Guatemala → San Juan del Obispo is 5 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
San Juan del Obispo → back through Antigua Guatemala is 5 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Antigua Guatemala → back through San Cristobal \El Alto\ is 4 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through San Cristobal \El Alto\ → Guatemala City is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.