La Casa De Los Suenos Antigua Guatemala

... had me scheduled to check out of my room today and to check into another identical room today. I explained (multiple times) that the people set to move into my current room could go into the identical type room I was currently scheduled to move into and it would be no inconvenience to them but it would inconvenience me significantly to have to pack everything up, move up one flight of stairs, and unpack everything again; especially since I ...

... I lived on Halls cereza (cherry) flavored and I lugged around a roll of toilet paper! NICE! It didnīt slow me down too too much! I still managed to go out for movie night and hike Volcan Pacaya.

So...movie night? As you can imagine, movie theatres in Central America are sparce, but there is a demand amongst travelers to keep current with western pop culture. So...usually there are a couple of coffee shops, hostels and ...

... the 90īs wearing wet white shirts with no bra and tiny denim shorts. There were children on the bus and us gringos were suitably shocked that they would play these videos considering how conservative most Central Americans are.

Our border entry into Honduras passed without hiccup. Our entry into El Salvador involved getting all the luggage off the bus and setting it out in a straight line for the El Salvadorian Narcotics Police to investigate using their ...

... clean, is damp and the shared bathroom facilities are dubious. We use our sleeping bag liners for the first time rather than touch the sheets. Its only $13 a night but we decided to leave the next day and after trawling round several hotels we find one that has no rooms free but can let us have a lovely room in a nearby family house for $30. Its twice what we paid before but ten times nicer with an ensuite bathroom (hot water!!!) and a bed big enough for ...

... not too exciting, it was a hot grey and black wall with a burning red undertone, not proper lava.I knew, if I went a little father up, past the grey wall, I would see the real stuff. Taking care not to slip, I continued climbing up the slope besides the lava stream and saw for the first time ...

... awash with beautiful white sands (st Vincent sand is black from volcanic residue), lovely bars overlooking the stunning tropical blue seas… but we missed the ferry by half an hour, and the only other one that day would have given us a gran totale of 30 minutes on the island. So off to the local beach… got some rays, warmed up, headed into the water, went out swimming… and got stung by a jellyfish. Get out, sit ...

... aan en heeft alle hoeken van de bank gehad....en ga zo door!!
Het was de leukste kermis attractie in jaren waarbij we pendelden tussen vloeken, schelden, schateren en klunen.

We hebben regelmatig aan Mo moeten denken!!!!
Ik heb een klein filmpje toegevoegd van het moment dat we wegreden...en alles nog rustig was. Later bleek het niet meer mogelijk om een opname te maken.....

We gaan het nogmaals proberen!!

... each ($75) for a 3 hour tour. That was an assault pretty much... taking into consideration that a day-long volcano tour is about $30 but well we learned our lesson... There is also an old monastery (Las Capuchinas) where they used to have cages for misbehaved nuns! It is a very nice place. To bad that there was a wedding in there that day. All the tourists were allowed to enter but we bumped into the wedding's attendants and most of the halls ...

... volcanoes surrounding the town. The volcanoes have been very active lately and lava flows and steam are clearly visible. There have been several tremors in the past few weeks that remind me we are on active fault lines. Armed National Guards are always on the street, but occasionally I'm surprised by a pickup truck full of camouflaged soldiers armed with Uzis that suddenly careens to a stop beside me and they all jump out ...

Reminiscent of San Cristobal in Mexico, Antigua is a quaint town of cobbled streets lined with colourful houses. Accommodation is more on the expensive side (for Guatemala) but still reasonable. There are loads of young people here studying Spanish and where better to go to school amidst the backdrop of three active volcanoes! The first couple of days here we spent wandering the streets and visiting the markets and it was in a particular fruit market that the threat of a stomach ...