The drive from Coban to Chichicastanango is seriously dangerous. This road is marked as highway on our map but as you can see it is far from it. We battled mudslides on sheer cliffs. The boulders in the picture were coming down while we were driving. We had severe rain the night before that just destroyed this road. There was actually a huge mudslide in Coban when we were there that killed a few locals.
At the beginning of the drive we passed the construction workers that assured us the road was passable and to go ahead. We had no idea that the road would continue this way and that we would be driving through huge Guatemalan mountain ranges.
The road thinned as we climbed the mountain. We were unsure if El Grande Rojo could even stay on the road at times. The road looked just big enough for a dirt bike not our rig. I took a picture looking down and prayed that we would make it. We had no choice but to live or die here. Our truck's right wheels were half way on the trail at one time. It was so scary. Luckily we made it through the worst and after the bridge the road finally turned into smooth pavement. We stopped and jumped out of the truck. I fell to my knees. I was so thankful that we were still alive.
Down the road we picked up an old Guatemalan woman and her granddaughter hitchhiking this crazy road. She didn't understand us very well but we tried to explain to her what we had just experienced. Guatemalans are hard core. We even saw a huge truck pass us with mothers and babies hanging off the back. Many people thought we were crazy for being so scared.
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