Finca Bosque Lake Atitlan

... br><br>On our descend to our hotel, we passed the American´s, who were staying in a really decent hotel! On arrivel at our place, I was quite horrified. We were recommended this place by Ros and Trav - nice one, thanks guys!! I refused to stay in the first room that we were shown. I´m not a princess by any accounts, but one has to draw the line sometimes!! We were shown to the newer part of the building which was more ...

... kayaking and horseriding. Every time we walk down the street or sit to eat we are plagued by the Mayan woman selling their wares, some of them get fairly intrusive despite our firm "No Grazious"<br><br>To eat we liked the Alegra Pub at first, on the crossroads near the Panajachel dock as they do decent veggie food and proper (Yorkshire) tea. Their Sunday roast is horrid though (think overcooked veggies, watery gravy and a ...

... agent was adamant that this flight has always left at 6:00 AM sharp. In the end we missed our flight because of a 15 minute window. Not a good way to start a vacation. <br><br>What could we do? Well, we were told that we could try to fly standby on the next and last flight to Miami from Newark at 2:30 PM and connect with the second and last flight into Guatemala City. Our luck would be much better, however, if we went to La Guardia Airport since they had more flights to ...

... some stories. He took some pics of us with the volcanoes. He was really nice so we left him a nice tip.<br><br>We walked around town a little more and picked up a cellphone with 100 mins for about Q175 which with the 8 to 1 exchange rate, falls in at about $22 - not bad. We would have to get it unlocked to use in Belize though.<br><br>While walking through the town, we took a lot of pictures of little kids playing, little girls selling crafts, old people ...

... the world's best brownie. The next day, we went with the same two guides to Pacaya Volcano. That was also amazing. It was a very hard hike - about an hour and 1/2 - straight up most of the time. We ran down the side of one of the steep mountains - that was SO cool! because it was made of volcanic sand, it was like running in powdery snow - no risk of falling down the side, though it was scary going over the side at first. We got to the lava flow, and ...

... more before I leave. Nico's a really nice guy. His full name's Nicolas, but we all call him Nico (Yes, I've tried explaining who "Nico" is in the music world, didn't get through). Kind of a funny story with him. If my Spanish hasn't failed me (likely has), Nico came from a smaller town somewhere in the southwest of the country. His family's full out indigenous. Apparently he was a great student or something because a Catholic priest ...

... moved into the medium pool. This morning Tom and I went on our separate ways for a couple of days. He set out to climb the highest volcan in Central America for 2 days starting at 3 am. I don´t think I can cope with another volcano and another early start, so I´m heading for the small town of Chichicastenango for a look round. One difficult thing about Guatemala has been that none of the ATMs accept debit cards. My credit card expired ...

Poloturistickym busem jsme prejeli k jezeru Atitlan do mesta Panajachel. Jezero je tvoreno propadlym kraterem sopky. Jezero je obklopeno 3 sopkami vyskove presahujicicm 3000m n m. Takze krajina a vyhledy jsou nadherne. Nez jsem se ubytovali tak jsme tradicne prosli nekolik hotelu- diky me. Az jsme skoncili ve tretim a nejlevnejsim - pro predstavu 30Q / 1Q= 2.5Kc/. Ale nebyl to obycejny hotel jak sme poznali pozdeji. Na pokojich se ruzne ...

i didn´t escape for long.....and honestly happy for the last reunion before leaving guatemala. my belgian friend still on hand we caught the bus from guate city to the lake for a suprise visit. i was so excited to see my friends....especially my agent. it felt good to be back. walking into town and everyone saying hello and smiling surprised to see me one more ...

Once all the mudslides had been cleared we fled Xela over the mountainous transamerican highway (although in its current state its more like a country road with washed out bits and lots of contraflows!) to spend a couple of days in Antigua, Guatemala whilst it was still raining. Its a beautiful city with lots of character and crumbling colonial buildings with cobbled streets. We liked it a lot although after Xela found it very touristy as there was a tour ...