Daniel, ex-rock guitar player now unhappy and twice divorced marketing consultant, takes a road trip from Belize to Guatemala with his old friend and roadie, Ray, to see the Mayan ruins at Tikal. What starts out as a lark turns into serious trouble as they stumble into the dregs of a Central American civil war. Before they know it, they become the targets of a nervous and suspicious Guatemalan army, a rogue CIA operative, a desperate insurgent leader, a mysterious woman with questionable loyalties, and a murderous drug dealer. Along the way they are confronted with a treacherous road of clay, a boat ride in a gale and a really big marimba. Not necessarily in that order.