Hotel Las Gardenias El Remate

... stroke crumbling hippe commune of some sort. We encountered a group of American backpackers who were sat *****ing at each other about how they were going to get to Guatemala City that night before the owner showed us various dive rooms.

In the end he showed us a terrace platform above the main area. The view was absolutely amazing as we could see the whole of the lake. It was ...

... The tide has washed the starfish onto the beach and they cannot return to the sea by themselves," the youth replied. "When the sun rises, they will die, unless I throw them back to the sea." As the youth explained, I surveyed the vast expanse of beach, stretching in both directions beyond my sight. Starfish littered the shore in numbers beyond calculation. The hopelessness of the youth's ...

... voudrais pas casser la voiture! L'état des routes n'est pas très bon, il nous faudra la matinée pour faire 200km. De nouveau, l'hôtel est au bord de l'eau: lago de Peten Izta. On profite de l'après-midi pour voir les ruines de Yaxha. Malheureusement les panneaux sont en espagnol uniquement, alors Ana nous traduit gentiment tout ça en anglais. Je vous laisse regarder les photos.

... Mandalas mit Schablonen) und alle paar Meter wird ein Gottesdienst gehalten. Sehr beindruckend! Cuaresma heisst das Fest und an diesem Sonntag, dem Tag an dem Jesus also das letzte Abendmahl mit seinen Juengern einnahm. Bis zum naechsten Mal, aus Flores! PS: Bilder vom Lavastrom, wie immer, in Felix Blog. Und: Ok, Mama und Papa ihr hattet recht: die Wanderschuhe sind hier ein Segen! Habe ich heute beim auf dem Vulkan rumstampfen gemerkt. Muchas Gracias!

... which was cool. The grey stone tops of the pyramid temples rise out of the jungle which is quite spooky, especially when its dead quiet. Apparently Return of the Jedi was filmed there, scenes with the Ewoks. We swam in the beautiful lake back at El Remate in the evening where swallows swooped all around us just above the water. We ate great tacos, the ones in Guatemala are much better than Mexico. We washed them down with the main Guatemalan beer, Cerveza Gallo (Cock Beer).

The next day we did the drive from Salama to Rabinal again. After a brief to-do (I don't really remember what we did before we left) and a change of plans (we were planning to go up in two pickups, like with Agua Caliente), we piled into the bus and start our ascent into the community of Plan de Sanchez. Even having rode the road from Salama to Rabinal and the road up to Agua ...

... preceded by fireworks and a giant lady puppet who chased all the little boys. We were not sure what the occasion but it was fun. Later that night, we took out our flashlights and hunted for tarantulas in the rock walls that surrounded the hotel's gardens. We had a lot of luck. In the surrounding fields, thousands of fire flies made the fields glitter. It was magical. The day before we left, we remet an American couple who we had met 3 ...

... headed onward on 26th across the border to Guatemala and made it to Antigua on saturday. I spent 3 days in spanish school this week and realised how **** my year of spanish classes at home were! The classes were one to one, very intense but very useful. Last night we brought in the new year in a well lit up Parque Central. There were fireworks for hours, both official and ...

... plenty of wrought iron around windows,clay roof´s etc. I would say it would be comparable to Europe 50-60 years ago. It has everything going for it.There are young entrepreneurs building independent business´s. The food is excellent as well. One can tour active volcanoes, coffee plantations and visit ...

... from swamp to jungle. What struck me most of all about Belice was the houses which were mainly old wooden structures on stilts and painted an array of bright colors. The people love their music and wherever we stopped it seemed like someone was always having their own little street party. We reached the border in the early afternoon and so our Belice encounter was brief but fun. The border experience was fun, with all the money changers fighting for ...