Cantabria Hotel Guatemala City

... as he had<br>just spent the past half hour frantically flipping through his Lonely<br>Planet (LP) for ¨What to do when your friend misses her fight and you<br>arrive alone in Guatemala City after dark.¨ Needless to say, he hadn´t<br>found it by the time Susan arrived and was very glad to see her. Plus 1<br>for Ted for getting to sit there and watch her run around crazy though.<br><br>After a pretty relaxing plane ride (during which Susan made a joke to<br>her seat partner in ...

... acrid smell in the air, and it seemed to be getting a little bit warmer. Our shoes crunched on the strange black rock, which was very sharp but brittle, and often broke underfoot. One of the girls ahead of me stopped and refused to go on. It was too hot she said. And suddenly we all noticed it was indeed getting hotter. The ground itself was hot. This was exciting. As we ascended a ridge, a wave of heat hit me. <br><br>Wow ...

... beer, music, company) and added diving and swimming to the list. Good times.<br><br>At dinner time we seated ourselves in bottom of an L shaped table. It´s a communal dinner. At the dinner we found out that it was the birthday of a woman in another group. Luckily we had picked up party hats earlier in the day (we also scouted out (CENSORED) for later in the trip). So Ashik broke out the partys hats (Kung Fu Panda ...

... the owner gave us a ride to the airport. We waited around one hour for departure. <br><br>We really loved this trip. There is a lot to learn not only from the Mayan culture, but the actual one as well and the amazing history they have. We hope to make it back to Guatemala and hopefully include tikal and semu champei. <br><br>The sunset in the airplane was great to close the trip!

... to take a look around and say a few prayers. I did not see any sign prohibiting photography so I took several pictures of the different devotional stations. Any feelings of impropriety was erased as I stumbled onto a couple sucking face in one of the niches...probably moved by the last wedding ceremony. I quickly left because I did not want to be struck by a stray bolt of lighting. <br><br>One of my goals for this afternoon was to hike up the ...

... of interest for us Honduras: Budget $40 or less, little more on the islands. Info: - No visa required - Bay Islands- cheap dive cert. Beware of mossies and sand flies... - Copan- Mayan ruins- possibly we will be over these by then and prefer to stick to Caribbean coastline - The Parque National La Tigra- good alternative to ...

... a certain red berry. He tried it and then passed it onto the local monk who gave it to his congregation to keep them awake :) sThe afternoon was action packed seeing La Merced with the largest fountain in Central America, from there we could see one of the volcanoes with a cloud wrapped around the top of it looking like whipped cream from a sundae all it was missing was the cherry on the top, it was quite a view. Onto Las Capuchinas, quite a ...

... having discovered that he had a delicate constitutions I didn't take him that seriously. We got to the top of the mountain and he stopped the car and said that he needed to prepare himself for the decent!!!!! I didn't really know what to think, the guide book hadn't mentioned anything about danger on entering Antigua so I felt pretty calm. Once Ivan had had time to compose himself, wipe his brow and hands 2-3 times ...

... juxtaposed as the rest of Guatemala. Many Latin American cities have a phenomenon where the rich and poor, seemingly disorganized and organized exist in very close proximity of one another. In Canada, it's just far less pronounced; it appears more equal, at least superficially. Yesterday I saw an actual slum for the first time. As striking as that was in and of itself, it was just as shocking to see the context of the slums. Instead of the slums being ...

... early on New Year&#8217;s Day. What do I do now? I&#8217;ve got no local currency, and it&#8217;s too early to check in to a hotel. I guess I&#8217;ll just hang. There&#8217;s a kid sniffing glue a few steps away, right out in the open, broad daylight. It&#8217;s sad. I want to go take it out of his hands and toss it- or burn it- but I don&#8217;t. I don&#8217;t know what to do. <br><br>Antigua&#8217;s ...