By the numbers – Guatemala

Guatemala 19 October – 22 November 2023

Days: 35
Travel days: 12 / 34%
Non-travel days: 23 / 66% (due to incessant rain from concurrent tropical storms in the Pacific and Caribbean, we holed up for a few days)
Total kms: 1427 km
Avg km/day: 41 km
Travel day kms: 1338 km
Avg km/travel day: 112 km
Fuel used: 44.48 L
Fuel economy: 3.12 L/100km

Average cost / day:
Angela: CAD$59.00
Michael: CAD$66.73 (Michael eats more food, burns more fuel.)
We bought new tires at Motopolis; Michael bought a new pair of pants (Columbia) and new motorcycle gloves (Klim).

Where we slept:
Friend – 20%
Hotel – 60%
Orphanage – 20%

Weather:
Cold/dry – 0%
Cold/wet – 0%
Cool/dry – 2.9%
Cool/wet – 14.3%
Warm/dry – 40%
Warm/wet – 8.6%
Hot/dry – 28.6%
Hot/wet – 5.7%
(Wet defined as riding in rain enough to have put on rain gear; if it rained and we weren’t riding in it, the day is listed as dry)

Road surface:
Paved – 95%
Rock – 0%
Dirt/gravel – 5%
Sand – 0%