Guatemala’s vibrant Indian culture will simply blow you away. Beside Tikal’s awesome ruins, the spirit of the Mayans is alive and kicking in colourful Indian markets and at festivities like the drunken horse race crowning Todos Santos’ wild Day of the Dead celebrations. Antigua City is the region’s No.1 backpacker haunt, a place to chill and learn Spanish. You should try to catch either the Santa Semana (Easter) parades or November’s Day of the Dead.