Green Mountain Guest House Antigua Guatemala

... walking sticks at the trail head (thank God) and shoved off around 4pm. The first part of the hike was a paved walkway that was almost completely vertical. Needless to say we got our heart rate up immediately! And at this point I was starting to feel sick as well, so snot was constantly threatening to roll down my face (nice, I know). Our team name was the Falcons, which made it easier to collect everyone in the same place since the volcano was crawling with different ...

... we have yet to try the recommended bar every night of the week but its a long time down here - to be completely honest im a little intimidated by the possibility).<br><br>Members of Monica y Cesars extended family live directly next to the house and we'll see them from time to time. Every night we run into just about everyone and have a good time attempting to recall the days events and misfortunes in Espanol over dinner - Monica makes ...

... Ryan: Ahh, I might go back to the room man, I`m feeling pretty tired...<br>Mark: No! Dude, please, don`t go. Just stay here til he goes away!<br>Ryan: **** man, then he`s just gonna try and come onto me, I don`t want to have to deal with a man***** right now, not after today dude!<br>Mark: Dude please, just chill here for a bit.<br>Ryan: Ok fine, but I`m standing with my back against the wall dude!<br>Bek: (all the while reading back in the room!)<br><br>Needless to ...

... courtyards which further adds to their charm. Surrounding the city are numerous mountains, many which are volcanoes, one which is active the rest dormant. Antigua was originally the capital of Guatemala until a huge earthquake destroyed much of the city and the capital was then moved to Guat City. Most of Antigua has been restored although you can still see ruins dotted around. The hostel I had booked myself into with the inviting name of "Hostel 5" turned out to be the nicest ...

... proved to be invaluable. The closer you got to the top the warmer it became despite a biting wind that threatened to knock you over. And then past the hoards of others we were shown the lava flow which for the brave you can roast not only marshmallows, bagels, sausages but also your eyebrows, eyelashes and skin. Mainly we just stuck the &#8216;borrowed&#8217; stick in the molten lava (or to be more precise, Dave&#8217;s stick) which continued to glow for minutes ...

Übernachtflug nach Guatemala City von LA, deswegen recht früh am morgen gegen 8:00 in Guatemala City gewesen. Von dort mit dem Taxi zum nächsten Chickenbus nach Antigua. Chickenbusse sind uralte amerikanische Schulbusse die meistens bunt angemalt werden und das Hauptverkehrsmittel in Guatemala sind. Ihren Namen haben sie entweder von der enge im inneren ich mein 6 Personen in einer Sitzreihe ist schon möglich oder davon, das auf dem Dach alles mögliche ...

... get to Antigua from Puerto Quetzal and we went directly to our house in a community about six blocks from downtown Antigua. Our house was in a gated enclosure and when we arrived the two representatives from the rental company were there to greet us. We are staying in an artist's home and the property and house were absolutely gorgeous. There was a tiki hut outside with a hammock and picnic table underneath as well as a heated pool. The house was ...

... in LA), owns property between the towns of Alotenango and Ciudad Vieja. Really nice place, at the foot of Volcan de Agua. After I went and hung out in Ciudad Vieja. There was surprisingly little to do and see. Ending up walking through the town and continued up the volcano a little ways. Last Tuesday we went on a field trip to Lake Amatitlan (not Atitlan!) with Geography class (shout out to Dr Castellanos). Our objective was to learn ...

We broke ground for the construction of the school in El Zapote on February 13th! The mayor has been very helpful in coordinating his share of the project, including sending a back hoe to level the construction site...and I can't tell you how EXCITED the community is to be getting started! The people are seriously just ...

... Panajachel (can't spell it, can't say it!!) at 12.30pm, well it was supposed to be 12.30pm, it actually left at around 1.30pm!!! <br><br>I met Adrian, a nice Aussi fella, on the bus so we went on a hostel hunt together and got a room at the Santander rooms. We asked for a dorm and ended up with a twin room!! - well, we'd known each other at least 2 hours at this point so we were old buddies by travellers standards!! The room ...