San Pedro La Laguna Hostels - Reviews and Rates

The rain had been relentless. Just raining, whether it be only a sprinkling or a downpour, it was just raining. So I headed to Lake Atitlan as planned. Before heading straight to the lake I stopped off in Solola, bought some mangoes, saw the church, bore the **** weather, and headed down to the lake. Walking over the dock, some guy was trying to...

Hola,
Apologises to all the people who e-mailed me thinking I had died over the last few weeks, but I´ve been taking it pretty easy in San Pedro la Laguna, possibly one of the most relaxing places I´ve ever seen.
I havent been keeping a journal the last few weeks, so this is probably going to end up sounding more like the ramblings of a ma...

Decided to go around the south side of the lake rather than risk travelling on the highland roads again, so I braved another chicken bus yesterday from Guatemala to Santiago Atitlan, then a boat, and am now chilling out in a small town by beautiful Lake Atitlan where the food is great and the people are friendly. I spent yesterday morning playin...

Left Antigua early monday morning for Lago de Atitlan - a collapsed volcanic cone filled with water to a depth of more than 320m. The bus ride was uneventful and arrived at Panajachel by midmorning. The locals nickname this place Gringotenango (Place of the Foreigners) as it is one of Guatemalas oldest tourist hangouts and even today there are p...

This place was the cheapest one I`ve stayed since the beginning. Just 2,4USD for an awesome view of the lake, great bars and a lot of activities. The best was the volcano San Pedro that took 7:30hrs to climb and go down, pretty hard!

After many years of persecution, genocide and destruction the Mayan people of Guatemala continue to strive and survive. There are 21 different active Mayan languages in Guatemala. 70% of the population in Guatemala is of Mayan decent and many of those continue to practice their individualized form of Mayan religions, often combined with Catholic...

More chicken buses to get to the lake, we were far less of a novelty on these ones as we head towards more touristed areas. The bus driver was seriously mental, as Tom put it - I think he has a personal best time he is trying to beat! It definitely felt like it. The scenery is amazing, huge volcanic mountains covered in thick forest. The roads u...

So, jetzt lerne ich tatsache Spanisch in ner Schule...wollte ich ja garnich, aber das einzig nett guesthouse war voll, und dahinter is die san pedro schule, Einzelunterreicht direkt am See, im gruenen, nur 75 Euro die Woche mit netter Unterkunft bei netter Famile und Vollverpflegung. Wie konnte ich da nein sagen? Wenn der bloede Automat mal Geld...

So it´s been awhile since I´ve updated this, mostly because I spent three weeks in San Pedro, a small town on the shores of Lake Atitlan. I really don't have to much to say about my time there. But I know everyone is really worried about me and how I'm doing, seeing as how I've received e-mails from about 2 of you in the last month. Lake Atitlan...

Im still in San pedro La Laguna, waiting for my passport, ready to leave I might add. On Friday I hiked up vulcan San Pedro by far the most difficult hike that Ive done in my life, it was a round trip of about six miles. The altitude from where we started was 1706ft and at the top it was 9908ft. about a mile straight up! in a little less than 3 ...