I have always been in love with Peten, ever since I came for the first time back in 1950 when I was only 23 years old, it was love at first sight. By then, Peten was an extensive jungle of hundreds of square kilometers, from the beginning of Sarstun River in the southeast border with Belize, to the northeast border with Mexico. The forest was so thick, full of fine wood trees that the sun barely penetrated the grounds. The trees were...