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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.