Hotel El Peregrino Esquipulas

Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Fried chicken!!<br><br>National cuisine in Gutamala is, im finding out is.... well there is isnt!<br>What with my now commanding respect of the local language... Spanglish, i am all but fluent in ordering most of the local delicasies, so long of course, as they have a menu in English!!<br><br>I read an articvle when i arrived in Guatamala about the national dish being Chow mein, i was confused about this for some time as i havent once seen chow mein on a menu, of ...

... hot springs that are near here. They are incredible beautiful and surprisingly rustic. If it was in the states there would be six hotels there and someone serving you pina coladas springside. <br><br>I am also taking a dance class. I met a friend of a friend last week who ended up being an amazing dancer, and he said he would give me lessons. I went to my first one this week. I really don't know that I am ever going to be cut out ...

<br><br>Breastfeding and acrobatics on a chicken bus<br><br>The bus journey to Todas Santos once again took us through the breathtaking mountain countryside of Guatemala. As we moved higher and higher, in and out of the clouds, the temperature began to dramatically drop. As usual we were on a chicken bus with four people for every seat, women somehow managing to breastfeed child whilst holding a bag of corn and pushing way through the packd bus to get off and extremely loud ...

... was the cab we had to take up the Volcano. It was a pick up truck that had I rack/cage on the back and every one climes in the back of the truck and off we go. You stand up in the open air and you get the most amazing view. <br><br>I found I program that let me download 20 times faster now I can put up more photos, use the slide show it goes fast you can see them in less the a minute. <br><br>

... het museum geweest. Het is hier toch weer heel anders dan in Palenque. Het was zeer de moeite waard!<br>De dagen waren redelijk kort om iets te ondernemen omdat rond een uur of twee de regen met bakken uit de hemel valt....en dit vaak tot laat in de avond, of diep in de nacht doorging. Met de geleende paraplu voor de eigenaresse gingen we ´s avonds de keienpaden af naar het centrum op zoek naar iets te eten....Op culinair gebied is Copan niet echt een aanrestaurader! Ofwel waren ...

... I walked into this church to the moment I walked out, there was something in the air that I can't quite describe, but definately something spiritual. Another reason many people come to this church is because it is also home to one of the oldest hand carved Christ figures, el Senor de Esquipulas, carved out of black wood. Incredible.

I´ve got one week left. One week. I´m thinking about cutting my time short in Todos Santos and heading to a place that´s warmer and has hammocks. A couple swings before going back to school and turning on my brain again. <br><br>There´s not much to do here. And there aren´t too many gringos. Right now it´s me, 6 young Norwegian girls (Club Euro), Kelsey (runs the school and has both parasites and bed ...

A story told to me on Christmas Day has been revisiting me. <br><br>Roger, a Tasmanian, 58 and a frequent round the world traveler, joined us for Christmas dinner. We were swapping goodbyes when I remarked that none of mine have been especially hard. Instead, I tended to feel thankful. Then, Roger changed the tone. <br><br>¨I was traveling in Angola and had a relationship with a girl in a town there. I was in love, but I was 22-- it happens so easily at that age. Then one day ...

There is some superb hiking around here. I took a super long solo hike yesterday (I've gone solo in bear country-why get scared now?). At first it was only up to Las Letras, a spot overlooking the town where ´Todos Santos´ is spelled out in white rocks. But then I just kept walking, up and over the mountain. Oh, the things I saw. <br><br>While chilling at Las Letras, a local man with an axe approached me and started asking all kinds of ...

... voiture qu'ils viennent d'acheter. Oui parce que beaucoup font ça aussi, ce qui me dépasse un peu, mais bon. Ils décorent la voiture et le pretre fout un peu d'eau béni dessus et prie. Marrant, mais intéressant de voir vraiment les raisons pour lesquelles les gens y vont, et non y aller seulement en tourist. On a fait la queue deux heures pour voir le Christ Noir et ils m'ont dit qu ...