Casa Lobo San Pedro La Laguna

Goodbye Antigua, hello Lake Atitlan! San Pedro looked a lot different in the daylight, that´s for sure. We got our bearings down pretty fast seeing how small the town is, the main touristy part is closer to the shore of the lake and consists of narrow walkways and alleys that are lined with restaurants and little tiendas. The main part of town where all the locals live and conduct business is up a HUGE steep hill away from the lake´s shore. We meandered up that way ...

San Pedro La Laguna in two different towns it has a little village right next to the lake were all the foreigners live the locals call it Gringo town. Then there is the real city on the hill where most of the locals live. <br><br>I will be living in gringo town for 2 weeks it attracts dropout of society (I am not one yet) from all over the world ...

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... food from all around the world. Lago de Atitlan is definitely very touristy compared to Xela, the whole of the lake thrives on tourism, particularly the lakeside villages which are all windy streets and secret chai tea huts and vegan food stands, and yoga classes at 9 in the morning, so they are very in tune with the type of things your average ´traveller´ maybe looking for. We have met some pretty amazing people, our current group ...

... br>"bring it on" attitude (I mean, the movie was fab, so the attitude has<br>to be too, right?) So after getting ripped off on the fare (like double<br>what it should have been - Sue argued, but what are you gonna do when<br>you´re already on the bus?), we were dropped off pretty much on the<br>side of the road. We got on another bus, which we also thought was<br>going to Panajachel, and which also was not. This bus had an actual<br>super nice Guatemalan on it, however ...

... boat to take us to San Pedro, on the opposite side of the lake. A man that had been following us around since our arrival the day before accosted us again and we eventually agreed to go with him in his boat. We paid an extorniate price considering what the normal ferry charges and were promised that we could have a swim off the boat as part of the price and also stop off at various towns to see them on the way. We only stopped off at the towns to pick ...

... br><br>It is a one bed room with a kitchen, dinning room, and living room and of course a bath room. It is on the second floor and has a wall of windows with a great view. There are tile floors thought out the place and a tile bathroom. <br><br>It is right next door to my School and it is only 350.00 a month daring the slow season.

... 18XX muumuus, a sweater that would be sure to win the ugly sweater contest, 80s style bright teal-colored pants that come up just below the chest, and so on.<br><br>The Paca was fun, and no doubt a great bargain. Some piles of clothes are 2Q (about 25 cents), but the average going rate is 5 to 8 Q. You have to have patience to get to the good finds. After the Paca, we browsed the market's sections of produce, bread, meat, clothes ...

... my head was pounding so I opted out of the hike up to the Mirador to view Lago de Atitlan and hit the floor. The next morning, having had little to no sleep, I was so grateful that I had managed to get some kip for those few hours. When the others returned the owner invited them to partake in a sauna in the sweat room at the back of the house. I really wanted to as my legs were now as stiff as two planks of wood, but my head was still pounding despite the doses paracetamol ...

... in Panajachel later on, we decided to get on a boat to San Pedro. SP is all the way across the lake from Pana. We bargained the price of the boat shuttle to San Pedro, and even though the price was higher than any other boat we took the rest of the days, it was less than what they charged other tourists. <br><br>The boat made a lot of stops in different towns between SP and Pana (Santa Cruz, Sana Marcos). The boat ride took about 45 minutes ...