Hotel Regis Panajachel

... their talented craftwork. Freida wants to focus on more house projects and is unsure about how or when the product sales will come about.

For the past two months and for a few months ahead, my responsibilities include: updating the website, creating a physical product catalog, designing product layout for the website, coordinating and monitoring community projects, making products available on eBay's fair trade page World of Good, perhaps even ...

... palms , shaping them into tortillas at windows "a las 3 tiempos"
>squeals of carefree children playing in the schoolground, or with garbage in the street
>cooing pigeons in my house's stairwell
>incessant barking and yapping street dogs, sometimes growling at each other over the females
>Michael Jackson, Britney Spears and Eminem playing through ...

... mais c est surement une des choses les plus imprudentes que j ai fait jusqu a maintenant. De la fumee sortait des roches que nous escaladions et il faisait une chaleur presque insupportable. Alexandre et Guyp se sont avance un peu plus loin et ils pouvaient voir la lave entre les roches sur lesquelles ils mettaient pied. Reste que les photos sont vraiment impressionnantes. Nous sommes redescendus avec le coucher du soleil avec une ...

... dirt roads up steep inclines and then we descended into the caldera (crater) that is Lake Atitlan. The azure lake is surrounded by three volcanoes making it a majestic sight.

Panajachel is one of the larger towns around Lake Atitlan (alas that is still just two main streets, haha), and is the first stop for tourists. Other towns are accessible by lancha (boat): San Pedro la Laguna, Santiago Atitlan. Other villages around the lake: Santa ...

... ya....I was freezing, then hot, then freezing. All part of the experience :) And totally my fault for partying too much on the weekend... Luckily, the profesors at Sevilla are absolutely lovely and I´m making up the classes next week that I missed, since I was only planning on doing five hour days. However, I get to start a half hour early. 7:30...is early. We were also pleasantly surprised when two chicas from Victoria, friends of Lisa´s ...

... It spans out as far as the eye can see, one of matures natural phenomenas that is far too grand to have been dreamed up by man. The scenery alone of the many volcanoes that encapsulate the great waters are enough to let your eyes wander over and never tire of but also the spirit of the place is due to the many villages that lie on the shore with their many Mayan inhabitants that still dress true to their roots and provide many regular markets selling all their artisan crafts that the ...

... odeurs mêlees des differentes épices utilisées, et enfin, ces mêmes épices vous enchantent le palais. Un vrai régal et une découverte pour moi. En effet, les tamales n'avaient pas trouve grâce à mes yeux jusque là ! Depuis, je scrute les coins de rue, à la recherche de ces petits restos et de ces petites dames qui vendent tamales ou pepian (viande ou volaille cuisinées dans une sauce à base de graines de courges grillées ...

... the mountain was reasonably steep and we had men with horses following us most of the way in the hope that we'd give in and hire a horse for the rest of the journey. It was only a 1.5 hour walk though, so we all made it without the help of a horse. Through the mist we first saw the orange glow of the lava. As we got closer the whole molten river was visible, with heat waves shimmering above. Our guide took us to ...

... you weigh and take measures to mitigate, then take action if the risks are manageable. We decided to go, early and fast. We were not going to stop for anything. The last story we heard at the border was that a family traveling in their SUV were slowed by a truck when another truck came up behind the and boxed them in. Weapons were displayed and the husband was beaten but the wife and small child were unharmed. The lost all of their ...

... Antigua. Surrounded by 4 volcanoes the drive alone to the drop off point at Pena was impressive. I have run out of superlatives to describes the scenery in Mexico and Guatemala, I can´t imagine how much I will struggle for words in South America. From Pena I availed of an expensive but worthwhile private boat tour of the lake. I swam in some natural hot springs in the lake and visited two of the indigenous villages on the lake edge. It as the ...