Filadelfia Coffee Resort & Spa Antigua Guatemala

... from red wine, we even coaxed my Mom into an ABBA song :) Thus was born our first cinco tortillas restaurant and we christened its walls with that phrase. We have vowed to return every Monday from here on out, except I will leave the camera at home haha.

So Utilities have become to be regarded as a luxury. We've lost power 3 times in 2 weeks. Water doesn't typically work after 10PM or so as Antigua shuts ...

... rain so we put on our waterproofs and start the 1.5 hour uphill hike. Its pretty heavy going at first and I have to admit I did struggle in the first half hour with the steep hill. But I refused the offer of the man trying to get me to hire his poor horse to carry my **** up and keep plodding on. After about 30 minutes it levels out and we can see Guatamala City below us. Just when its getting easier we reach the bottom of the scree and so begin ...

... were coming up with ways of how to hold the bus, without the use of semi-automatics. Thankfully there was no need and Dave’s lopping walk was spied. He blamed his host family who had told him it was 8 am and not 8:30 so he had been tucking into one last breakfast with them, only to be told it was 8:40 by the Dad and shouldn’t he be leaving. I think the Mum had misinformed Dave in a ploy to prevent him from leaving them.

However as we were ...

... immer leben in der Bude. (Was natürlich als fleißiger Student der sehr viel neues lernen muss nicht so gut weil etwas laut ist. Das Essen ist einfach aber gut. Hauptsächlich Reis, schwarze Bohnen, Kochbanane und halt viel Gemüse. Hin und wieder auch etwas Fleisch aber nicht so viel. Man wird satt und ansonsten muss man ja auch nur das Haus verlassen und kann für wenig Geld auf der Straße essen , da wird gegrillt oder es gibt alles möglich in Teig gegart. Popusa ...

24th May Spent most of the day driving from Semuc Champey to Antigua. Managed again to scab a lift from Matt and Alex. Drove through Guatemala City which looks like a complete dump. Everyone says its quite dirty and dangerous, so I´ll give it a wide berth! Got to Antigua and found a cheap hotel to stay in, before going for a quick walk around Antigua. Its a beautiful city surrounded by three volcanoes, with cobbeled streets, power lines ...

... in. Being the extreme beings that we are, we embarked on an epic journey to Lagos atitlan which consisted of a 20 mile bike ride, cliff jumping, kayaking, ending with a 5 mile hike. Trying not to sound like a complete bender but it was the most beautiful place on earth. Just in case anybody was getting bored by now, Rahul, true to his form ended the final stove building day by getting 9 puntas (stitches) in his head and face ...

... mmm sulphur! It was then incredible to get within 150m of actual molten lava...cue screechy Beverly Hills American accent, "Oh mah gahsh its lahvah". The light was fading so the lava was more visible but unfortunately it wasn't great for taking pics. So the streak of red you see in the photos is 'lahvah'. Its amazing how safety conscious the rest of the world is and here Brad was scrambling up an active volcano in the dark within firing range of 'lahvah bombs'!!!! The ride back ...

... that´s been thrashed to the point where it´s meaning has been obscured and almost lost it´s the word "awesome". It´s used all the time, almost always out of context. For example -
"Dude, have you tried the waffles? Man, they´re awesome."

"Last night we just took like 3 tabs of acid and then watched "Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory". It was awesome."

As good as these two situations were, I’m sure the waffle eater nor the acid eater was ...

... with 20 different dialects of their language which sounds a bit like German or Swedish in their pronunciation. We have hit a few towns in Guatemala but we are failing to really enjoy it as much as our previous countries. Maybe we are getting a bit tired. We visited the must see, nothing like Guatemala town of Antigua. Adorable, quaint cobblestone streets. Over priced accommodation and food. Power ...

... the trolley wires that connected to the trains to provide the power and of course that system had to be installed, too. Unforutnately the railroad only lasted 3 years because in 1933 there was terrible earthquake and all the bridges were destroyed as well as a lot of the track system. The project was terminated after that. After the museum (the entire trek lasted only an 1.5 hours including the bus rides). Stephanie, Pam and I went to the Vienese ...