Idiots.
Nowadays NOTHING south of the Rio Grande is safe for “roughing it.” It isn’t as stupid as hiking in Iraq or NoKo but close enough.
I go to Mexico 4 or 5 times a year and I wouldn’t do it.
I hope they learned their lessons.
Guatemala and Mexico are on my “must avoid at all costs” list.
Are those tattoos on that girls face?
Mr. Mercat and I did some of this type of exploring in the early 70s in central and south America. And no, I would not do it again. Even then we had some encounters with the indios which were pretty scary. In the Andes for example, a religious festival was basically an excuse to get drunk and high and shoot guns in crowds. Masks were worn that looked like conquistadors and the people wearing them were beaten with canes.
Are you kidding? They had the best Third World backpacking adventure ever!
They got kidnapped, tied up and robbed by local bandits and lived to tell about it. She didn't even get raped!
They'll be regaling tales of their Guatemalan horror until their final days, to anyone who will listen.
"Grandpa's drunk again and telling us about the bandits in Guatemala."
"Not again!!! I've heard this story a thousand times!"