Hotel Chuguila Chichicastenango

... that we had the rest of the hike to complete in the dark. John and I each quickly made the discovery that our headlamps could use a new set of batteries, and the hike down was interesting! But, I´m happy to report that we made it just fine and even (for the most part) managed to avoid the piles of horse poo, too!<br><br>Pictures and video coming soon -- also look for updated pictures on the previous volcano soon!<br>

... I´m not particularly in the market for any new handicrafts, it seemed like it would be well worth a day to check it out. And, indeed, it was. The market was larger than any I´ve seen so far, and it was fun to spend the day just wandering around and checking things out, enjoying all of the bright colors on the ...

... Catholic rituals. So what we often see practiced in the area is actually more closely related to indigenous practices than to Catholicism. <br><br>We spent a good long time just watching people go through the day from the steps of the church, while many young kids would come by to try and sell us their wares. The majority of them we so cute and had very good selling tactics. If you wouldn't buy anything from them they would ask if you could give them a present. We were ...

... various other tasks. We had steaks in the restuarants and then went for naps. Thats when I got sick, I ended up throwing up about 7 times not fun. I walked around town for a bit to scope things out and buy some fruit/crackers for dinner. I took a long bath, sat by the fire, and started on the antibiotics I brought.

... Canada. We hope you have a lovely birthday next week and are very spoiled.<br><br><br><br> Belated birthday wished to: Auntie Ki, Laura, Dad/John, Mum/Josey, Dad/Michael, Ben P, Christie, Soph, Bel, Maddie, Mitch, Hank, Larry, Nat, Julia, Ian, Johnny and anyone else who has celebrated their special day since we last wrote.<br><br>And a belated thanks to everyone for their well wishes for ...

... huge. It has so many exits that it becomes confusing sometimes, but is just a matter of walking around to get familiar with it. There are truly millions of products from all around guatemala. The market is intended for tourists and locals. So there can be found from souvenirs to food and agricultural products. There are a couple of restaurants that offer burgers or sandwiches but inside the market there is the ...

... convents, 8 universities/colleges and 5 hospital. Unfortunately, the city planners did not realize that areas around volcanoes tend to be quite seismically active. After rebuilding the structures many times, the government had enough after a major earthquake in 1773 and moved the capital to present day Guatemala City. The former capital was renamed La Antigua Guatemala (the Old Guatemala). This was a blessing in distinguish because only the ...

Hello, We made it to Guatemala Ciudad. The flight was pretty short from Houston (2 hours, 20 mn). Unfortunatly, when we arrived, the camera of my dad was not working, and he had to go around the city to fix it. Also, Momy had forgot a book in the plane, we had to wait 1 hour to get it back....finally, the rental car ...

... as the ascent. I worked out the best way to get off the volcanic rock and through the back dune was to treat it very much like a Namibian sand dune, you lean back and take large hopping like steps so that you sort of bound bow the volcano with the movement of the rock and dust underfoot helping you rather than hindering you. On the drive down back to Antigua not one of us managed to keep our eyes open we were asleep in a flash.

... from all over, which I was soon to discover. I was glad that I came a day early as it was interesting to see the merchants, who sell at the open market, setting up, so that they are ready for when the hordes of tourists arrive early from Antigua. This way I also got to see the town's architecture while wondering its narrow cobbled streets, with not a tourist in sight. The best time to see the market was when the bus loads of ...