The Airport Inn Guatemala City

... Air Arabia, Air Asia, etc. flights well in advance, I really did no research. Ultra cheap sale fares chose where I went rather than the other way around. Some of these places like Bristol and Sri Lanka were never on my radar but I ended up in them and enjoyed looking around. I also left plenty of time to wander around like in the Balkans or Borneo and just knew I had certain target dates to be at an airport. As far as the destinations ...

... the plane to Houston had no other weather delays aside from the initial one, so we touched down in Houston at 1050 and out connecting flight leaves at 1120. 30 minutes is a piece of cake, right? Wrong. We are at the back of the plane and so have to wait 10 minutes to deplane. 20 minutes to get to the plane is a piece of cake, right? Wrong. The conencting flight is leaving ...

... because what do you do when you are falling? You put your hand out to stop! The lava was sharp and jagged and impending doom at its highest. We stopped at a place where we could see the lava and actually watch it flow. Teryn and I didn't continue all they way up to where our guide was as this was good enough for us - we were only about 3m away! The sound it makes was fantastic... It got pretty cold when the sun set - walking down the lava rock was more difficult ...

... too much of the rollercoaster effect. An electrical outage apparently darkened all the shops and homes in Guatemala; we drove in virtual darkness towards the shores of San Pedro while sporadic bits of lighting lit the shoreline. Like some horror story, the engine suddenly cut out. The guy hammered away at something while to no avail. Stacey and I just looked at each other and wondered what would happen if we were actually marooned ...

... guy. He's currently doing missionary/humanitarian work in one of the toughest neighbourhoods in all of Guatemala City (actually a suburb... Villa Mixto... Mixto Nueva... err I forget the name). Hope he's still alive. One sunny afternoon some 15 of us climbed into a shuttle bus and took off for Pacaya. Besides a pretty douchebaggy Argentine (But hey, can we expect more out of the Argentines? Kidding.) everyone on the trip was friendly. Short drive later we were ...

... hausen. In Antigua ist alles richtig voll, sodass wir uns jetzt zu zweit das letzte Hosteldormroom-Bett in Antigua teilen. Es ist naemlich bald die Semana Santa (Ostern) und morgen ist hier grosse Prozession. Heute war auch schon ein kleiner Umzug, viele kleine Jungs und Maedchen haben Statuen von Jesus (Jungs) und Maria (Maedchen) durch die Stadt getragen. In Felix Blog sind Fotos. Alles war sehr ...

... the wildlife here. They roam free.<br> None of the above could exist in Australia without a whopping great fine being slapped on the perpetrator and here it´s as natural as breathing. There is something very liberating about that.<br> <br> 2. Chocofrutas - Would you like to make a million dollars? I´ll tell you how. Open a shop that sells skewered frozen fruit dipped in chocolate and nuts. ¡Delicioso! The only reason why the shop that sells them here has not yet made a million ...

... who offered to play the Canucks game for us, we were exited because we hadn't seen a game since we had left, and we have tried multiple times, unsuccessful however. they even won 7-3 a good day. The next day we hiked Pacaya an active volcano, with our good friends from Canada, &amp; El Salvador. After a long cramped drive we arrived at the base and were ...

... d'une église, d'un palais et d'arcades commerçantes), visite de l'église, et visite guidée du Palacio. Pour finir le tout un canadien nous paie un coup à boire... En fin de soirée, départ en bus avec Delphy, destination Flores, au nord du pays. 22/01/09: Visite du site maya Tikal: impressionant! (puis le soir: the best pina colada ever... ) 23/01/09: On prend le bus de Flores à Rio Dulce. Arrivée dans un lodge dénommé El Tortugal. C ...

... We just finished dinner (eggs, beans, fried bananas, and fresh lemonade) and are now starting to get ready to call it a night. We both have some computer work to do and some phone calls to make. Tomorrow sounds like it will be another long day. I almost forgot to mention that there is a nice Christmas tree set up in entranceway to Dos Lunas. I will try to get a picture of it in the morning.