Casa Encantada Antigua Guatemala

So it finally caught up with both Farrah and me, the mysterious backpacker´s cold/cough sickness. Whether you pick it up on a ice-cold bus ride or from the dorm and shared kitchens, it´s bound to get you some time. It all started on that 24-hour bus ride from Costa Rica; not only was it freezing cold, but, as mentioned before, there were two sick children sitting directly behind us, coughing the whole time. Farrah succumbed to it first with a nasty cough down in her chest ...

... of all my pieces of papers and small notebooks. Everything has been done to minimize the amount of luggage to carry. Finally, at around 4 PM I was finished! What a relief! This was instantly celebrated by a short trip to Reilly's, where I was writing my diary, listening to the resident musician, while the bartenders were gearing up for the party later.<br><br>Eliane and I had our last meal with the family. I've forgotten what the meal was called but apparently it was something ...

... crowing at 11pm and doesnt stop until about 9 the next morning - i actually had to buy earplugs it was so bad) or insects that we think are ants slowly consuming our bodies it would be perfect :) Lindsey and I are learning to live together in close quarters but with not many things to our name it really isnt proving to be that difficult.<br><br>The house is owned by a married couple Monica y Cesar. If there was a "who is the nicest and ...

... inside. Needless to say that we relied more on our snack today. <br><br>My evenings are quite quiet. Most often I feel bombed from all the verbs and grammar, and since I have to do my homework as well, I tend to tug in relatively early. However, I am so pleased with having brought my laptop. Not only to keep track of my Spanish notes but not the least also to play a game or two and watch one of the TV shows that happened to have found their way to my laptop ;-).

... with dreadlocks and *******s for white western women! Once they came out of the woodwork, I lost my patience with the place. Movin` out!<br><br>Exit Puerto Viejo, enter San Jose.<br><br>We spent one night in this bedbug infested palace, called of all things - Tranquillo Backpackers!<br>The fantastic five of us walked the main streets for an afternoon, then prepared ourselves for a night of itching and paranoia. When you wake up in a developing country and see ...

... I didn't want it done hastily just for my sake. Hopefully they will send me pictures that I can later share with you.<br><br>We did, however, celebrate the groundbreaking at the Xecnup school before I had to leave! It was a great time, and a great turnout by the community members. Xecnup currently has a two room schoolhouse in which more than 90 students are being educated, but the overpopulated school had another more than 120 kids who had ...

... in the way that you and i would wear a bag!<br>After a few hours we arrived at our destination, we were dropped off on the main dusty street that seemed to appear from nowhere as we flew along the bumpy highway and suddenly entered the formation of a town that looked as though a good rainfall would wash it away. In the respect that all of the building were constructed of a sandstone substance that made me feel as though we had arrived on a star wars set, the only thing as a ...

A short flight north to the Guatemalan jungle to find: Mayan archeological treasures at Tikal, a thatched-roof hut of my own on the shores of Lago de Peten Itza, a hammock overlooking the lake, a French restaurant 100 m. from my hut, horseback rides on jungle trails, kayaking on the lake. Well....all but the last two became reality. This was due to heat-stroke following my ...

... of the road, as we drove by there was a guy lying in the middle of the road in a pool of blood welcome to guatemala. to some this might have been a downer, not us and george our driver did not seem concerned so we kept going. We arrived in Antigua and a place to stay and went to bed. The next morning it was up at 645 and went for a walk, I was up 2 hours before Danielle that never happens she is slowing down in her advancing years ...

... out. He was lying. In 5 minutes the trek was about as flat as Katie Price. When we did eventually get to the flat bit of the trek half an hour later, it lasted about 5 minutes before we had to face a scree of volcanic rock. The best way to do this was to run down it, which was great fun. I have a video of the people who did it after us: Then followed a climb up to the volcano to the lava flows. This was extremely ...