Hotel Convento Santa Catalina Antigua Guatemala

... and it was still warm!! So we basically stuffed our faces and hit the hay, and slept like babies that night! The next day, Saturday, we ran into a friend from Boquete, Jake. He`s from DC (and hilarious) and had just finished up spending a week with his parents who came to visit. Ironically enough he was staying at a hostel right across the street from us, so he packed his stuff and moved over. I was feeling really sick so I hung back and slept most of the day while ...

... with water and use the restrooms there, as there would be no facilities at the mountain. I didn’t feel a need at that time. The drive was approximately 1½ hours. The middle part of the road took us via this city of Barcenas that really looked like a dump. Our impression of the city did not improve when we saw a gun sign near the entrance to the city. The purpose of the sign could have been for anything else, but it made us talk anyway. For the last 5 km we ...

... Central American town. Cobbled streets, cheap food and diggs was exactly what the doctor ordered. <br>Only three days ago we climbed a volcano and toasted marshmallows over a river of lava. You just can`t do stuff like that anywhere else. And just the other day we hopped on a few `chicken buses` and made our way to the beachside town of Monterrico to see the Olive Ridley turtles wash up from the Pacific Ocean to lay their eggs on the black sanded beach ...

... of renewable energy I thought, and something I think all the central american countries should do as they all have volcanoes, yet they are some of the poorest countries in the world. About halfway up the volcanoe the landscape turned from a lush green landscape to a surreal empty slope made from a gravelly pumice scree spewed up previously from the volcanoe. Finally we made it up to the lava flows which was still about 200 metres below the top of the volcanoe and I must say ...

... in the distances and heard huge claps of thunder rumbling over the summit but we were dry when we got back to Antigua at 9 pm and starving. So we had a quick shower and headed out to find somewhere that was open on a Sunday at 10 pm. We came across La Sala which had only 3 pizzas left so we ordered those and demolished them. Whilst we were sitting there couples of various abilities took to the floor to live music and dance Salsa. It was fab to watch and it ...

... ich heißt es weiß aber nicht wie es geschrieben wird. Das Haus war glaube ich schon eines der besseren Sorte, Mikrowelle, Waschmaschine (meine Lehrerin wäscht noch von Hand), Kabelfernsehen,&#8230;<br>Ich mein alles etwas spartanisch aber sauber. Ein Highlite ist in natürlich immer das Bad. Klopapier (das benutzte) kommt in einen Mülleimer neben dem Klo und natürlich die abenteuerliche Verkabelung des 5500 Watt Durchlauferhitzers in der Dusche.<br ...

I had high expectations for Guatemala and was not disappointed. It is one of the places to which I vow to return. Beautiful, affordable, interesting, and accessible from Tampa. On the first day we all went to Monterrico, a beach town on the Pacific Ocean. We spent the day on the premise ...

... returning on June 29th. This Sunday we're taking a trip to Quetzaltenango (Xela), Huehuetenango and all the way up to Todos Santos. I'm really, really excited for it. We get back on Wednesday, then we have a field trip to Guate City to visit a public hospital. I have my Spanish final exam on the 23rd, and I'm considering 4 or 5 days in Guatemala City right after that. The following Sunday we're taking a trip to Tikal for 4 days ...

... so there was plenty of hot lava near the top. It was a tough climb but the scenery was unbelievable and we got to toast some marshmallows over lava. Luckily none of us ignited despite our highly flammable conditions. We wound down with a fancy meal and a few beers back in Antigua which is supposed to be Guatemalas most expensive and touristy town but it was still fairly cheap so it was a great start to the sister act and the future was looking very bright in Guatemala.

... the nature trail, checked out the waterfall etc and then lazed about on their private beach by the lake :o) The weather was just beautiful - so nice to be in shorts in December!! <br><br> <br><br>I booked a ticket to Rio Dulce for the next day for 165Q (around 15quid) <br>I had a late lunch in town and got chatting to a Guatemalan fella called Tony, in really bad Spanglish!! I met him later for dinner and went to bed at 9ish ...