Hotel Los Pasos Antigua Guatemala

... absolutely useless back home. Just by turning to walk away the price drops by a quarter without any actual negotiations on the buyer's part. Actually starting to walk away gives an even nicer discount in the 70% range. But much like the food on Tiger Airways, I had no intention of buying anything and didn't go past my allotted time to see how low they will go. <br><br>The street touts may turn up the heat on unsuspecting tourists but the weather up here in ...

... filtered water and delicious meals prepared for us at our home-stay &amp; "free" coffee, activities and Internet access at the Spanish school. No one has been sick yet from water/food so that is miraculous in itself. Although Andy has been fighting a head-cold off and has passed it along to our Spanish teacher Diego (thank you Chris Malone haha.)<br><br>Definitely no complaints so far - its been an exciting week ...

... we have done a few volcanoes, but had yet to see lava. For Lynda this would be her first volcanoe and her first hike in Central America. All very exciting. <br><br>We were greeted at the National Park by boys of varying ages, thrusting sticks into our faces, demanding 5 quetzals if you wanted to buy one. A stick is always very handy for hiking (I normally use them to beat away snakes) but particularly if climbing a volcanoe with flowing lava cos it allows you to ...

... in the US. The hike was moderately strenuous, but well worth any effort; particularly since I had never seen lava before. The magma flowed out of the side of the volcano and when it reached the surface it cooled into rocks that tumbled, still glowing red, down the escarpment. Only outside of the US could you get this close to melted rock. There were no barriers and you could ...

... us.  As first it was a little scary until you realized how hard the black rock was.  A few people got pretty freaked out and didn´t make it all the way to the top.  Once we got to the top we saw a medium sized river of hot, red lava.  Wow!!!  Also, because of the rain, white steam was raising from the rock all over the place.  It made for a very eairy scene.  As we made our way down we could barely see where we were going, due to the steam coming off the rock.  In order ...

... and bats of guacamole! MMMMMmmmmm... We moved from the market to a restaraunt in la zona viva, which was quite fancy! Nikki and I shared the typical plate which was pork, chorizo, beans, tortilla, and rice and a sopa cocido which is soup and then on the side is a hunk of meat, corn, squash, avocado, cabbage and carrot that you just put into the soup as you go. It was delicioso!! We also tried a juice of jamaica and ...

... farm, which was very interesting and seeing their Heath-Robisnon machines quite amusing BUT effective, who needs laser guided nut sorters? The highlight of the village was climbing an active volcano to see a lava filed and yes it is chuffing hot, which is why they bought a pair of cheap trainers to do it in..... they were well melted by the end of it. Some did the climb up on horseback which was a fair cop as it was some 2000 mtrs start, climbing to ...

(Feb. 19) Got to Antigua from Guatemala City more easily than we had anticipated. Caught a taxi to where the buses leave from and hopped on a bus right away that cost 8 quetzales ($1). When we arrived in Antigua, a friendly guy who claimed to be work for the Tourism Department showed us to a hostel. We immediately discovered that prices here would be higher than in the rest of Guatemala. 100 quetzales ($12.50 US) for a barebones room with a shared bathroom. We decided to ...

... toured the old church and viewed the catacombs under it. What a pleasant change our move north has made for us. The weather is cooler up here in the highlands, but remains very pleasant. It is partly cloudy, and ranges from the mid 70s to lower 80s. We are aware of the horrific weather you all have been having up there. I believe that it is now improving after the record freezes, record snows and then the biblical ...

... uden penge - uden mad - og ikke underligt førte disse omstændigheder til alkoholisme. Alkoholisme er stadig et stort problem her, men er det ikke længere for Sanchés. Han beretter, at han en dag for 16 år siden 'tilfældigt' satte sig ind i en tom kirke. Her får han nogle indre oplevelser af fred og afklaring. Og han går derfra med en stærk determinisme om at ville ændre sit liv. En meget smuk beretning. Trods 'vennernes' intense opfordringer afstod han efterf ...