Local cheese (1kg) | USD 5.21 |
Combo meal at McDonalds | USD 4.99 |
Oranges (1kg) | USD 2.16 |
1 Pair of Jeans | USD 50.11 |
Taxi 1km | USD 1.92 |
Tomato (1kg) | USD 0.97 |
Mid range bottle of wine | USD 9.60 |
Imported beer at restaurant | USD 1.92 |
Potato (1kg) | USD 1.01 |
1 Summer dress in a chain store | USD 52.45 |
The combination of the lives spent with nature and with industrial improvements made by man can be best described by Nuevo San Carlos in the province of Retalhuleu, Guatemala. Despite all the machineries that are present in this region, the people are humbled by their continuous show of love for nature. They have never failed in protecting the vast amount of natural resources found in the area. They have to be admired by people all around the globe because they chose to maintain paradise over industrial development.
The place is filled with surprises when it comes to natural challenges. They have caves of various sizes, length and design. These caves are a hundred percent virgin when you talk about commercialization. The locals take pride in what they can call their sanctuary. The offers of large companies to inhabit and improve the place were never recognized in the area. Local effort and love for the place made them advance to what it is known to the globe today. Tourists are not allowed to go through all the caves without a guide provided by the government. Hotels in Nuevo San Carlos often provides guides but they are not accredited. It is better to go to the ones found in the municipal hall for a safer trip.
There are other untouched natural resources such as the small falls in the mountaintops and the stream that it follows. Cheap flights to Nuevo San Carlos are not all about trekking into dry mountains, getting over boulders and resting on bedrocks. It is usual to do mountain climbing in Guatemala, so Nuevo San Carlos made sure that they have something new to offer. A mountain range encounter is just equivalent to half of the entire activity that can be done here.
If the people from Nuevo San Carlos continue to do this, the world has another great nature adventure to expect from Guatemala. Cheap flights to Nuevo San Carlos will definitely come more frequently if this will be the case. All we have to do now is to pray that they will have an unending passion in doing what they have started.