Guatemala field catalog and journal, v4288
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1 Guatemala, Aug - Sept 1974 left Boston Thurs. Aug. 22 + flew via Miami to Guatemala City. Stayed with parents at lq. gaudy expensive ($25.08/double) very American hotel "Camino Real" 23/ Went and bought numerous maps at "Instituto Geografico Nacional", unfortunately much of my collecting area is in a "controlada" area, maps for which cannot be released as they are guerrilla tools. areas controladas (roughly) Went also to the Nat'l Hist. museum, a complete mess. Badly stuffed mammals, reptiles and amphibians dried for display or rotting and white in weak preservative. Picked up my pack which had been lost in transit at the airport.