Hotel Spring Guatemala City

... of what is truly important. And coming here helps to keep one grounded.<br><br>Many have asked me why I come to Central America and do this. My answer has always been the same. Because the need is here. And this is where I am to be.<br><br>It is my hope that, as one of the leaders of the FR Ambassador team to El Salvador that I instill in the others from this team that the need is here. And whether you come to El ...

... o novo vidro instalado que vem da Cidade de Quatemala.<br>Ainda bem que vidro aqui e barato: 60,00 dolares instalado.<br>Na quarta-feira estarei cruzando a fronteira com El Salvador.<br>Ai pessoal: obrigado pela forca e emails que tenho recebido.<br>Abraco a todos e vamos tocando que tem muito chao<br>pela frente.<br>Esqueci: ontem fui ver um Vulcao ativo.<br>Cheguei a ficar 2 metros da lava que estava correndo.<br>Um calor infernal.<br>

... lager volcanic boulders.<br>Eventually we all reached the lava flow where the guide made sure we stayed on course as there was a risk of falling through the thin crust to the hot lava below.<br>A stop for a photo call and then the return 4 km journey which was just as arduous and the final 3km was done in the dark using torches.<br>A great day out but I'll suffer tomorrow!<br><br>

... tortilla. The lady selling the scarf was back. She still wouldn't budget from her high of 50 and I wouldn't come up from 45. It was less about acquiring the item, it was an all out war of wills! Needless to say neither of us ended up with what we wanted. My negotiations professor would not be pleased with this outcome. The remainder of the ride along the lake was peaceful and idyllic in the sunlight. If there was more ...

Here I am....immersed in the inevitable initial Guatemalan culture shock. Very little English is spoken here, so I´m quickly ramping up my linguistic efforts. My 5 house-mates and my home-stay family are very friendly and forgiving of my infantile Spanish. I am taking Spanish lessons 5 days a week, 4 hours a day, so I hope for some progress soon. I get lots of practice at my home, as everyone speaks it there. It ...

Jaeja tha erum vid loksins kominn til antigua. Vid aetludum ad na thessari ferd fra isla mujeres til antigua a um solarhring, en thad reyndist full bjartsynt. Vid logdum af stad fra Isla mujeres med ferju til Cancun kl 6 um morguninn 5 feb. Thadan tokum vid sidan rutu i 6 tima til Chetumal vid landamaeri Belize. Thegar thangad var komid kom i ljos ad engar ferdir voru til Guatemala thann daginn og their maeltu ekki med ad fara aleidis inn i Belize. Vid hittum finnska stelpu sem ...

... homemade corn tortillas. And the portions are tiny! These people don´t eat. I can´t believe we sleep through the night club, but we do, until I am awoken at 4am convinced I hear gunshots. Paul hears nothing. When I talk to him the next day he laughs at me, but we still have to check the nightclub walls for signs. It was possibly firecrackers, but we are on edge. We need to get out of Guatemala City.

... una chela y nos fuimos a descansar....<br><br>Desayunabamos tranquilamente cuando llegó un don gritando "Antigua a las 10, antigua!!!!!!!" Apuré al güiro echamos las moclas en la buseta y nos juimos a Antigua, al llegar nos abordó un guía de turistas y nos llevó a un hotelillo barato de un italiano, al igual que todos los hotelillos guatemalos el agua caliente dependía de un triste sistema de resistencia eléctrica, nos bañamos en las g ...

I am on my way home!!!!! Juan drove me to Guatemala City this morning and I am now hanging around the Dos Lunas Guest House waiting to go to the airport at 10:00 tomorrow morning. I wish I had booked an early flight and will probably do so next time. It is nice not to get up at 4t is nice not to get up at 3am to be at the airport 3 hours before a flight, but I am beginning to think it is ...

... gone, with a few notable exceptions, Bali foremost among them. Any local product that does sell well the Chinese can, and do, just knock off at half the price. The usurped become the usurpers, and yesterday&#8217;s prey become today&#8217;s predators.<br><br>So I go back to a place that once seemed liked home, to see what became of it. But that&#8217;s not Guatemala City. That&#8217;s Lake Atitlan, out in the Western Highlands. First I&#8217;ll ...