Hotel Atitlan Panajachel

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... of Susan meditating in<br>front of the "Buddha Bar." All in all, it's been an awesome experience<br>and we've learned a ton. For Susan, she finally likes school again!<br>(It's been a longgg time.) She thinks it's just becuase she can<br>actually see the end results of all her efforts - better and<br>interesting convos with her fam and with the people around her. It's<br>also been a really cool experience to have class with local teachers,<br>because even though we've traveled ...

... br><br>We were all quite nervous the next morning as none of us had ever done a homestay before and we were not sure what to expect. We met with the administrator at the school office at 5pm and met our families. Jules went off first with his new "mother" - he was going to be staying on the other side of San Pedro and had decided to do morning lessons as opposed to afternoon lessons like we were doing. Al was next to head off and luckily he was only ...

... and stove, and a room in the front which<br>may be used to display the products from Ajbatz&#8217; Bal&#8217; cooperative.<br> <br><br>Ana is<br>grateful for each donor and volunteer who helped create a new home for<br>her and her four children. <br> AUDA is connected with three women&#8217;s cooperative groups around the<br>lake, and recognizes various issues that arise with their living<br>conditions or the need for scholarship money to send the ...

... and the school directors knew what to do (it happened to one of thier students a few months back). I would have been completly lost about where to go for help. The Police Police wouldn't have cared at all. Glad they keep special Gringa Police around. <br><br>Thank God I have travelers checks too, in case of emergency. I will just be living pretty thin until my new card comes. who knows how long that could take. But once my account can be unfrozen, I ...

... of colours carrying children in coloured slings on their backs, baskets of chickens on their heads (!), a church which was full of offerings of candles, flower petals and alcohol (!) and the exotic sights and smells of the food section. It was just a shame that we felt rather harassed to buy things a lot of the time &#8211; although our bartering&#8217;s getting better (well I still tend to look to Anwen a bit for this!)

... They design all types of clothes, bags, blakets... and so on. However the designs and colors are very different from the classical incandecent red-blue-green pattern we've been seen in most of the souvenirs lately. Unfortunately we were not able to see the process of making the fabric because there was an event and everyone was out in all the stores, except for the store clerks. But there were some pictures, so we have an idea... <br><br>We got a tuc-tuc back to San Pedro

After having stayed in Panajachel for a month the year before, this is like a homecoming. The climate is ideal, the native culture sublime. I decide to stock up on some ropa tipica, the local costume and commercial derivatives, my first foray into the import business. I'll take what I can with me, and mail the rest to discrete addresses, so as to avoid Customs duty. The rest is history.