Hostal Dona Victoria Coban

... owner, who finally gave us a 10$ discount... and told us he was going to take that money from the employees. Not sure if he did. Hopefully not. Because we took the 10$. <br><br>Well we went to visit a coffee farm, where they showed us how the coffee is made.<br><br>Interesting, but we had to hit the road again, this time for Antigua...<br>

Hi! Dropping another real quick line!<br><br>After getting into Coban (it´s still kind of funny: Copan, Honduras, to Coban, Guatemala, in one day), I stayed a night a got to Lanquin, about two hours from Coban and famous for its caves as well as its proximity to the spectacular natural wonder Semuc Champey, pretty late at night. Along the way I´d heard about this magical hostal called El Retiro, and after a little hunting, found it. My stomach almost dropped out ...

... around the city, spotting a random herd of goats at a major intersection and enjoying a fun afternoon of beers, free tapas and football in El Portal, a bar once frequented by Che Guevera.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br> Back in Antigua, we spent our remaining days checking out the town and the enormous local markets where Caroline was simultaneously both overwhelmed and delighted at the ...

... I´m not so sure about being told the time or schedules in Guatemala.<br><br>After days of searching for some good chocolate cake, we stumbled upon an American owned restaurant and gourmet shop called Epicure. The best truffles we´ve ever tasted, well worth the 7 quetzals per one price tag, not to mention my Kahlua chocolate cake with almonds. I´m still salivating at the thought. After that delectable appetizer, we went to Cafe Flor for dinner. The owner is an El ...

... with a host family in the north of antigua. We get three meals a day and dont have to do any cleaning! Niiice. Theres Christina, our host mum, her dad and daughter, crazy ass sheepdog lucky, lolita the 46 year old parrot and a turtle who likes to swim in the sink whilst christina washes the vegetbles. Its a special family recipe for great veg apparantly! All the volunteers stay in the same area too so theres lots going ...

... way to lanquin and I might say the road was not washed out, not a great road but not washed out. We got off the bus and found the hostel we were looking for everybody else was on a tour so they kept going. This is one of those times that the lonely planet guide( we don't have one ) was right. We stayed at the el retiro a lovely little village of huts by the river we had a ...

... cibuli, placky a dalsi podivuhodne omacky. Stankova slecna byla asi nejhezci, jakou jsme za celou dobu potkali, Byla upovidana, porad na nas mrkala, ptala se nas vek, kdo je s kym -vtah otec syn atd... No ja si naramne pochutnala. Al e v noci to zaclo, Napred jsme slyseli vybeh z vedlejsiho pokoje a zaludecni nevolnosti. pak jsme vybehla ja ahodial to na chodbu..Pote dalsi vybeh z vedlejsiho pokoje. Rano sem mela prujem ...

Following week of chilling out around Lake Atitlan... and learning spanish of course... we headed on to Antigua. A nice city but much more expensive than San Pedro, so bit of shock to system. We climbed Pacaya Volcano, an active volcano close to Antigua. Not too impressed as lava wasnt flowing and clouds blocked out any view... We did see molten lava through cracks in 2day old lava. Some people were roasting marshmellows. A ...

... but never got round to eating. All over the place there's little holes and gaps where you can see down into areas of bright red heat. And the heat!! As soon as you get up there it's like being near a fire and when you get near to the proper flowing stuff you can feel your skin just about to catch on fire and you have to squeal and run back to safety, a few people had the soles of their shoes melt and others had leg/arm hair singe. All very funny ...