Hotel Kakchiquel Panajachel

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S hiloh
is headed to Ecuador where she will be studying Spanish and
volunteering for a variety of charities. She ...

... to concentrate on every step. We had been walking for about three hours at the point, in the dark.

It took us about four and a half hours to reach the summit, I probably spent the last half hour 500m from the summit, but I just could not drag myself over it. It was by far the most physically demanding thing I have ever done. But I am so glad I did it, the view was amazing. My first mountian! You can see the clouds all the way out forming over the ...

... plants and an awesome waterfall. The trail leads you up the cliffs by way of stone and dirt stairways and a number of really cool hanging bridges.

For those who are daring there is an option to go to the top of the cliff and come down by way of 8 zip lines. As we are both very daring people ;) we decided that zip lining in Guatemala was a great idea. Thus we both strapped on ...

... Pedro

Relieved and exhausted we arrived in San Pedro. The walk had been exhausting, rewarding, tiring and beautiful. The camaraderie had been fantastic, but a word of warning, the walk is tough and you have to be pretty fit to do it, something which the tour company did not mention and also was pretty expensive for the level of accommodation, food and competence of the guides. However we all had a sense of achievement and happily took over a restaurant by the lake and ...

... beautiful sunshine with very little clouds. Especially during this time of the Rainy Season. We continued up and up, until we finally emerged out of the woods, and onto a high, grassy plain. The wind was glorious after hiking straight up for hours. This windy, grassy wonderland is called Circa Alaska, the coldest place in Guatemala. This is because it is usually gray and windy and even raining. But we had sun, blue sky, and green, green grass. I found out that three of ...

... grabbing you telling you what you need to do and offering their guide service, trying to make you change money for an awful rate or some chancers just blatantly ask for your passport claiming that they will go and get all the proper stamps and then reappear… i really don't know what idiot would hand over their passport to these guys but i must admit they do take a while to get rid off and all done in front of the eyes of some of the few officials so basically imagine the excessive ...

... one, Liz, a bonds broker from New York. Being both seasoned world travelers, we traded stories of our various journeys. At Santiago, Pablo took me to a little museum which exhibit the various local costumes and a replica of the town's Maximon "Mayan evil saint". The true Maximon is housed in the village and the location changes from year to year. Pablo offered to take me to the house, but said I would be required to pay ...

... we heard played in Guatemalan bars for the next three months.




Despite our protests at 1am, and then again at 2am and 3am, the music continued to blare, with the chubby bus driver explaining that without the music at full volume, he couldn’t concentrate on the road.




At 5.30am, we arrived – music still blaring – in bustling Guatemala City. It was still dark but the ...

... southern European influence, or maybe just a more upscale cuisine. Unfortunately the veggie meals of yesteryear have ceased to exist. THAT was the big deal for me, after veggie-less Mexico, though pies of all types were the bid culinary attraction back then. There are lots of foreigners, living and doing business, but no more than before. There are even a few cafes and restaurants with free wi-fi, so I’ll be good for a while.

I hear ...