Antigua Bed & Breakfast Antigua Guatemala

Paid to Play Episode 2: The one where the author goes on a training trip called the Volcano Trail from San Jose Costa Rica to Antigua Guatemala and learns how to be a Tour Leader as well as other various aspects of getting paid to play.<br><br>And so it begins. To learn to be a tour leader I will have two training trips by following an experienced guide. In the end, I will finish in Playa del ...

... we went back and half of us didn´t have a flashlight (I asked a guy at the hostel if I needed a flashlight and he asked me if I had lost my balls or never had any - reason enought for me to not buy a flashlight I will only use once). During the harshest bit on the top a flashlight would have been good, people were falling and crying and ****.<br>I stayed two more nights, because the people at the hostel were good fun, before heading towards Lake Atlitlan...<br><br><br>Rock On!<br><br>Ted<br>

... the city of Antigua as it is still within the walls of the city and there are still the trademark cobble stone streets. It is not recommended to go outside of Antigua solimente pero you can pretty much go anywhere within the city by yourself before 10pm and be fine. There is a lot of crime in Guatemala but the city of Antigua has a special "Turista" police force that keeps must of the crime out of our city. Anyway, the description of ...

... week from 8 in the morning to 1 o'clock in the afternoon..<br><br>At one o'clock the first day this elderly man came and picked me up to escort me to the family with whom I was going to stay. I already knew a little bit about it, because I had spoken to the Dutch/New Zealand couple, Mieke and Hayden, who at the moment are staying with the same family.<br><br>The family consists of the mother, Magali, Fernando, the father and the kids Luisa and Juan, who are 5 years ...

... of enemies!). We enrolled in "Spanish for Dummies" and got a few key phrases down pat, but after a couple of nights on the Flor de Canya, the vocab ended up looking like an empty bowl of nachos! Lucky for us we met a few peeps who helped us out with the language barrier, namely Magnus the Schwarzeneggeresque Norwegian and a funny bloke from the UK - Mark, so cheers once again dudes, your vocab, sense of humour and company meant a lot to us.<br><br>Once we got our ...

... It's just kindof strange to feel like a foreigner in your own country.<br><br>Well, I am happy to write to you all to share with you some of the stories of our successes!<br>I came home the middle of August and I do apologize for not having sent out this update sooner. Things have been an absolute whirlwind of readjustment, settling in, getting ready for graduate school, trying to buy a used car, and remembering how to speak English as ...

After getting up and managing to be ripped off yet again at breakfast being charged double what we had paid the day before because we indulged on the extras such as milk and butter...? we ended up missing the planned bus that we had seen to take us to the market at chimaltenago which although at the time seemed as though we would be seriously denting our schedule we soon realised that in Guatemala (well in central America) that where there is a will there are always about 50 guys ...

S*, we came in Antigua *n Wednesday. We had c*ntact s*meb*dy fr*m that website 9c*uchs*urfing) *n the int**net, but we had d*ne it s* fast, we hadn't read anything ab*ut him. We called him and Amelia said his way *f speacking was quite strange. Then, instead *f him, the br*d** came, wh* t**k us v**y fast till *ne h*use a bit appart fr*m cent**. We w**en't that c*nfident and I t*ld him I was afraid and I wanted bett** t ...

... to get ready for dinner. Had sand everywhere............. you know EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!! It was Italian night in the restaurant tonight food good all the waiters sang O solly meooo........... which was nice....... Other people on the table turn out to be from Grimsby as well... good times... Then watched a broadway tribute which was good and went to bed. Body still very very tender.

... that bad. It certainly left some beautiful buildings. I did have one unfortunate incident at the cathedral. There were loads of people going in, so I thought Id join them. I´d forgotten it was Sunday. Unfortunately they shut and locked the doors after me. I had to endure a highly religious ceremony / rant for an hour. In Spanish. The preacher was very passionate, but I didnt understand a word. It didn´t matter though ...