Tuk-tuks

Another change from five years in Guatemala was the mode of transportation. “Chicken buses” – converted U.S. school buses packed with hot passengers (including chickens) and painted bright colors – were less numerous now, with some luxury buses apparently partially taking their place. Now making the scene was the tuk tuk – also dubbed the “auto rickshaw” - an overgrown golf cart that seemed to provide taxi-like service (and sometimes private transportation) in the Flores area, in some rural areas, and – to a lesser extent – in Rio Dulce and Guatemala City. The spread of the tuk-tuk seemed to erode Guatemalan families’ geographic isolations. Minivans, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, and walking (sometimes long distances) still abounded.

-Perry