Hospedaje Casa Elena San Pedro La Laguna

... there wasn´t much to see so we wandered back down to find our friends, Aviv and Oron, who were staying a hostel around the corner from ours. San Pedro is like a mini-Israel for some reason, and we´re not sure why, but there is no lack of falafel in the town! You know the saying, ¨when in Rome...¨so we found our friends (who happen to be Israeli) and treated ourselves to some Falafel for lunch..it was de-lish! That night our other friends from Antigua, Kiel and Dasi ...

... of the cheap cost of living you can rent furnished a 2 bedroom house with everything included for $75 a month you can get a good meal here at a expensive gringo restaurant for less then $3 and that includes a drink and tip or you can go up the hill to a local place for about $1.<br><br>Gringo town is weird the streets are pedestrian only they are not ...

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... loved chatting with us and<br>help us find the actual bus to Panajachel at the next stop. While<br>riding on this last bus, it began to pour. We got off and walked down<br>to the docks on the shores of Lago Atitlan and asked about the lancha<br>(ferry) to San Pedro. Sure, no problema, we only have to wait until 10<br>more people come before the boat can leave. After another hour or two,<br>we were soaked, cold to the bone, and exhausted, but we were in San<br>Pedro! And ...

Xela (shay-la) is an old city that they say has 200,000 people however I am not buying it this is a big city with double that or more. They have the Town Square that is decorated with flags and I guess bunting but it is different then ours, for there independents day on September 15th. The streets are narrow and most are one way in Zona one. There is a large Native American population, most of them Mayas. They wear traditional Mayan clothing that they make themselves. The woman work hard ...

... plastic and tin homewares, etc. I again was mesmerized by the stalls which sold gorgeous colorful and iridescent fabrics for sewing into huipiles and trajes. There were some sweets sold that I hadn't seen before so I bought the flourescent colored popcorn dulces for LuAnn and I--they successfully made our tounges pink and green, but I don't think I'd buy them again. I never felt like I was going to get robbed, so next ...

... advil, so I took a rain check.<br><br>That evening we had been promised dinner in a local restaurant which turned out to be a local cantina, but the food was great and Dave with some help from Troy managed to eat them out of tortillas. With not much to do in town, despite it being a Friday night, we went back to our &#8216;luxury&#8217; accommodation and played drinking games until someone reminded us all that we had to get up at 5 am to see the sunrise. <br><br>The Final Day ...

... are two docks in San Pedro, the main one at the north for all boats coming from and to Panajachel and the souther dock for boats coming and going to Santiago. For some reason our boat went to the southern dock, but that was better since it was closest to our hotel. This time we stayed at the Mikaso Hotel. It is a 3-story building at the shore of the lake. It is owned by a Spanish couple. Very cool people. The view is spectacular and it has a ...