Hotel Monterrey Panajachel

... the organization, and the women and children of the three cooperatives around Lake Atitlan. The test is balancing all the work, prioritizing the needs, and staying productive in this environment-- similar nonprofits around the lake and Guatemala are requesting grants for similar projects; there is competition for selling the products to the correct buying niche (also a challenge with the poor economy); projects are time consuming and sometimes dependent ...

... that feels like!) and am wearing my trousers AND my cardigan (which has not been worn since the plane!!!) – must be something to do with the altitude, but for once I’m not horrified by a lack of a fan in our room, not sure I’d want one tonight!!!

Lessons learned:

Before you go and take photos on a beach it is worth taking a second look at the local man you said Hola to – just to make sure he’s fully clothed….

... vue sur une trentaine de kilometres au dessus de la jungle. C etait tres beau . Il faisait une chaleur extreme la haut. Nous avons aussi vue d autres "spider monkeys" un toucan et un couple de perroquets.

Coban

Nous avons conduit plus de 5h en direction de la Coban, petite ville en altitude (enfin un peu de fraicheur). Nous avons traverse plusieurs petits villages, mais la route etait bordee d immense espace vert et de ...

... order to list AUDA's products on World of Good (eBay) from a laptop on a patio, surrounded by palm trees, bouganvillea flowers, other trees, and even squawking peacocks from next door.

Perhaps I should bring you up to speed:
I came to Guatemala to work without pay for AUDA: Artisans United for the Development of Atitlan. I found this small organization online, and have been in touch with Freida Cox, the founder. She had a vision several ...

I took a boat back across Lake Atitlan, to Panajachel. Then took a shuttle to Antigua. I love this little town. It´s got such character! Either tomorrow or the next day, I´m gonna travel to Rio Dulce Guatemala. Stay there a night or two and take a river baoat down to Livingston. Then, hopefully, over to Honduras.

... took must have really tested the straps that held them down) and the venga bus departed again in a cloud of dust on to its next location. We grabbed a beer from the first bar that we saw to steady our nerves and to look for somewhere to stay from the old faithful guide book. Lake Atitlan (which is Mayan for place of much water... sounds better in Mayan) is one of the many large lakes that are in Guatemala, and many world argue that it is the most beautiful and just seeing it you can see ...

... cuisson et à ceci sur votre assiette. Un "pache" c'est donc un tamal contenant de la puree de pommes de terres et un morceau de viande, dans mon cas, un morceau de poulet. Il se trouve que le lendemain, samedi 18 avril, vers 18h, mon chemin croise une dame vendant des tamales au coin de la rue. Elle offre des tamales colorados (salés, avec sauce tomate et viande), tamales negros (sucrés) et des paches ! Malheureusement ...

The group continuing with the tour left at 4am, so most of us got up to say goodbye. The group was leaving in two separate vehicles and the second vehicle took ages to arrive so we didn't get back to bed till after 5am. The rest of us left in Antigua had breakfast together at 10am. My camera had disappeared so I spent most of the day walking the streets of Antigua being given the wrong directions to the ...

There seems to be a place inside of me that yearns for the comfort of nature. I suppose this stems from my very young relationship with stones, shells and everything in my fatther's garden. Stepping away from everything American society has deemed normal, I ...

... countryside (of which there seems to be no end of in Central America) go us to the trek entrance about two thirds of the way up the mountain. We were greeted by about 50 of the local kids determined to sell sticks and flashlights. The kids gave a harder sell then most and I had thought about buying a stick just to defend myself. It was another hour trek to the summit and gradually the soil turned darker and darker until it was black. The mist ...