The Hotel La Reunion’s website still shows a luxurious inn with stunning views of the iconic Fuego volcano – even as the Guatemalan resort sits under a blanket of greyish-brown ash.

The boutique hotel is near Guatemala’s second-largest lake, Peten Itza, and a 90-minute drive from the Mayan ruins at Tikal. Rates vary from $149-$445.

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The boutique hotel is near Guatemala’s second-largest lake, Peten Itza, and a 90-minute drive from the Mayan ruins at Tikal. Rates vary from $149-$445.

We were hungry, we were tired, it was pushing 8 p.m., and now we were crawling along a dirt road through a Guatemalan forest in an SUV, slamming into potholes the size of steamer trunks. Finally, w… ...