Casa Mia Antigua Guatemala

... We powered through, however, and when we got to the top, man was it worth it!! For starters it was WARM everywhere, so we got rid of our shivers. Secondly, I don`t know who has ever seen a real, live lava river but it is Fìng cool! The sun had already set so we got to see the lava at its best, it was red hot and flowing like a thick, fiery mud. There were also pockets of mini-lava rivers and waterfalls all around the lava river which made for an incredible landscape. One of ...

... At El Hostal I had met these two young Americans who did the afternoon hike, and according to them it wasn&#8217;t a tough hike. So thought, I would be able to do it.<br><br>I remember dreaming of volcanoes the night before, about a volcanic eruption in the middle of Copenhagen and me having to seek refuge together with the rest of the population. I had also been apprehensive for a couple of days. Would I be able to make it? How hard would it be?<br><br>Equipped ...

... we escaped and we were out of there the next morning (Mark managed to hold onto his innocence!)<br><br>Exit Ometepe, enter Grenada.<br><br>With our ***** in tact, we arrived in Grenada to an awesome Spanish colonial setting. Nothing is bigger than Jesus here with old churches blaring out chants and hymns every day of the week. This place is definitely Nicaragua`s gem. Mark, Bek and I luckily found our own Spanish hacienda that came complete with a pool and grumpy ...

... to join me. His plan was to pay the driver whatever the tour would cost, this wasn't exactly easy cause I didn't even know what Bamba was paying for me. Anyway they settled on a price after the mini-bus arrived and we proceeded to pick up a young German girl and her American aunt (both exceptionally cute!) and an older Israeli couple along with a german woman who was already on the bus before we were picked up. We were then driven to Pacaya Volcanoe which was about a 45 ...

... loose scree, which was not deep enough in places to dig your heels into, so caused a number to slip and slide. The slower people went the more likely they were to fall over and get nasty scrapes from the sharp rock. I managed where possible to keep going at a steady pace and a couple of times, where the scree was deep enough, do a proper run down the slope and didn&#8217;t end up on my ****.<br><br>We finished coming down the mountain in the dark with torches and ...

... und Verpflegung. Meine Lehrerin Mimi ist 27 und spricht recht gutes Englisch. 5h Schule am Tag ist man auch nicht mehr gewöhnt und als Reisender ist jeden morgen um 7:00 aufstehen und zur Schule gehen auch eher ungewohnt.<br>Meine Gastmutter heißt Maria und ist schon Urgrossmutter. Im Haus leben sie, zwei ihrer Söhne und ihr Urenkel. Tagsüber kommen aber immer irgendwelche Verwandte vorbei, Söhne, Töchter, Enkel, Neffen, &#8230; Tagsüber nach der Schule ...

... are the items but more often then not all the goods are surprisingly similar too. We shopped for an hour before heading to the grocery store to pick up hot dogs, hamburgers, and chicken to grill. I bought an onion, tortillas, and cheese as well to make quesadillas too. We also bought a lot of alcohol since at 12am it would be the beginning of Brittany's 21st birthday. The beer in Guatemala is "Gallo" so we bought three cases of that as well as ...

... river of equal parts water, ****, urine, pesticide and industrial chemical flowed into the lake, and 1/3 was diverted into this wetland project. It was fascinating to see, but the end result was a dribble of apparently clean water flowing back into the rest of the rushing river of sewage. Really an odd experience. I remember the thoughts like "What's even the point?" passing in my mind. Seeing the river flowing into the lake and seeing the ...

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... It seems a bit weird that noone has built anything like that in Panajachel considering the whole of the rest of the town is totally tourist orientated, consisting almost entirely of touristy shops and restaurants.<br> <br>Adrian and I then spent the evening drinking a cheap nasty vodka called Botran at the ´Pana Rock Cafe´ (a total rip-off of the Hard Rock cafe). There was a live band playing and the Guatamalan's were dancing ...