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Raxrujá is a small city at an intersection of three roads. Only one of them is paved - the one I arrived. I can also see an indicator towards Cancuén archaeological site. I won't see it, though, because I need to be in Guatemala City tonight. Vans start to arrive. Driver's assistant shouts from one of them: Co-co-co-co! Co-co-cobán! It is clar that he goes to Cobán, where I need to go, as well. I get on and we leave, half empty, in a short while. Why the driver has not waited for more passengers, becomes clear soon - we come to a crossing at San Antonio and there are already passengers, who just arrived from Sayaxché (northbound and southbound buses take the same road for about 4 miles, or 7 km). We go through a beautiful mountainous landscape through Chisec to a bigger city of Cobán. This is the final stop of the bus. I go to search for an internet cafe. On the way, I see a parade of schoolchildren, one of many events to celebrate the upcoming Independence Day (September 15, 1821). It is easy to find the internet. I write several letters, agree a meeting with my boss in the evening and walk back to the bus terminal. I get on another van, this time to El Rancho on the main road Flores - Guatemala City. The van goes further West to Zacapa, but I wait together with other people for a bus to the capital. It is only about 50 miles (80 km) now. A comfortable air-conditioned bus of Litegua, coming from Puerto Barrios, stops here in a few minutes. They play Titanic on a video to passengers. I sit down on an available space in the back, there are several soldiers and a high school student around me. I expect a high fare, but am pleasantly surprised - even here, I pay only about 20 Q ($3).
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