Hotel Casa de Las Fuentes Antigua Guatemala

... it was steep and foggy with volcanic rock everywhere; some of the rocks were only a few years old while others had been there for 20 years from an eruption that occurred back in the 80s. It was unlike anything I`ve ever seen. From this point we still had about an hour left to hike to get to the good stuff...and it was by far the hardest part! Farrah and I almost gave up a few times and there were certain parts that made me question the safety of the volcano (sorry Mom ...

"Been there! Done that!&#8221; Now somebody stick me that damn t-shirt!!!<br><br>Yesterday, Eliane and I had scheduled our trip to Pacaya. When I first got here and had read about it, I didn't want to go. Not that I read anywhere that the hike should be strenuous, but because I read that "occasionally, people do fall in&#8221;&#8230;! That was enough to keep me at a distance. But then you hear about it. Think about it. And eventually end up saying &#8220;why not ...

... I've stayed at on my travels. It was owned and run by a lovely lady called Blanca who spoke exceptionally good english and went out of her way to help her guests. The first night I was there was fairly quiet and I met two of the other guests an American student and an east German guy. We went for dinner and then I sorted out some supplies for my volcanoe trek the next day.<br><br>Up early at 6am I waited out the front of the hostel and was suprised when the east German guy also ...

... and got considerably shorter and thus was no longer of any use to a 6ft 5 man. <br><br>Dave was nicknamed Gigantor, because compared to the Guatemalans he looked huge and in fact at the Yellow House the receptionist told him he was &#8220;their most famous guest because he was so tall.&#8221; We hung out on the mountain, until our shoes threatened to melt into the rock and the light began to fade as the day came to a close. We headed down the mountain on ...

... wird eben auch mal ein paar lebende Hühner.<br>In Antigua erstmal 2 Nächte im Hostel geschlafen um mir eine Sprachschule zu suchen was in Antigua bei 70 Sprachschulen auch nicht so schwer ist. Antigua selber ist eine alte recht gut erhaltene Kolonialstadt mit recht großen Häuserblöcken mit riesigen oft wunderschönen Höfen.<br>Dann am Donnerstag in meine Schule und zum Mittag in meine Familie. Pro Woche kostet das Ganze ca.100 $ für die Schule und 60$ für ...

... but it took them a long time to serve us all. Afterwards some of headed to the local market to do some shopping before going to the grocery store to buy things to grill out at the house. I have noticed that almost every single country we go to has an open air market in the city center and Antigua was set up no different than Morocco, Namibia, South Africa, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and China's marketplaces. The only thing that changes in the ...

... How strange! A bus load of Canadian people take a microbus up to the top of the garbage heap, get out, take a few pictures and leave. A truly impressionable experience on so many levels. After we drove along the edge of the lake, and stopped at a project aimed at reducing the level of waste unrestrictedly going into the lake. They've set up a artificial wetland, which is able to cleanse organic waste water, and we took a tour. Literally ...

... donate! This is only the beginning! I will repeat our efforts in 2009 to raise funds for another elementary school, so if you are interested in supporting this project, you can still donate!! The village we will raise funds for this time around is called Xecnup, in the municipality of Joyabaj in the department of ...

... going on and they were whacking a pinata. We stayed to watch the chaos when the sweets all fell out and the kids went crazy!! <br> <br><br>Lake Atitlan is supposed to be one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. It is pretty nice with the volcanos around it, but it's not a patch on Lake Titicaca!! There is a serious lack of bars, cafes, or really anything actually on the lake, so there's nowhere to sit and watch the ...