Hotel Sun Breeze El Remate

... air with mattress set out in the middle. Despite being sure we'd be eaten alive by mossies we decided to stay for one night purely to see the sun rise and set from out own private rooftop veranda.

We spent the evening playing cards with the daughter of one of the locals who had helped build the place years before. Somehow we got by despite neither side speaking the others language ...

... became clear to me and I countered, "But there are more starfish on this beach than you can ever save before the sun is up. Surely you cannot expect to make a difference." The youth paused briefly to consider my words, bent to pick up a starfish and threw it as far as possible. Turning to me he simply said, "I made a difference to that one." "You don't know what effects your actions will have ...

Ok, nachdem wir spontan beschlossen haben, jetzt doch noch nach Guatemala zu fahren, weil uns jeder hier von Tikal vorgeschwaermt hat (ohje, jetzt gibt es einen Satz heisse Ohren von Mutti und Vati), sind wir jetzt in Antigua. Die letzten 1 1/2 Tage habe ich im Bus verbracht. Nachdem Felix Gepaeck im SJO immernoch nicht da war, hat er nochmal beim LAX angrufen, und sein Gepaeck nach Guatemala City bestellt und ...

We travelled from Palenque in Mexico to Flores in Guatemala fairly easily, including a trip down the jungle river Usmacinta in a longboat. When we arrived on the Guatemalan shore the immigration guys said "veinte, er quarenta Quetzales" so basically doubled the immigration fee which we believe they shouldnīt even be charging anyway. After 3 hours on a bumpy dirt road and another hour we arrived in Flores, built on an island in the Lago Peten Itza where the Mayan people of ...

... both simply ridiculously nail-biting, the road up to Plan de Sanchez was crazy, largely because we were driving a road wide enough for a pickup truck in a bus. Something like 15 minutes in, our bus, unsurprisingly, didn't have the muscle to climb the frickin' mountain. We all get out of the bus and start walking. The bus gets going again, but gets stuck again only a few ...

... staying in and we were taken to and then dropped off right in front of our hotel. We loved El Remate so much that we decided to stay for 4 nights in order to relax and enjoy the beauty of this place. Our hotel and restaurant, Casa de Don David, was in a great location on Lake Peten, fairly close to Tikal. The people in the hotel were able to arrange a tour for us to Tikal, and the owner David, and his wife Rosita were very kind ...

... home ones. You had to take care where you stepped in case there was a firework about to pop! The town was thronged with partiers so there was a great atmosphere. This morning we caught a 6am bus to Volcan Pacaya. Despite a very reluctant start (people were still coming home when we were waiting for the bus!), and quite a ropey 2 hour scramble to the top through the ...

Hola from El Remate. This morning we woke up a little later, had some breakfast made by Theo, our host at the Parrot Nest and headed out. We tried to find a mechanic because the crazy bumpy roads have caused our car to lose a bolt, but failed. Apparently Boxing day is a pretty big holiday here...makes sense since it used to be british columbia. After that we headed to the botanical gardens outside of San Ignacio and ...

... sites like Tikal. We have learned several lessons from the Guatemalan border issue and will not make the same mistake twice. We have made a couple of friends and they have helped us tremendously today. Again we donīt feel as though our safety is at risk.We are looking forward to getting back on the road again tomorrow.

... attention and all the locals selling their goods. It really did feel like we had finally arrived in Central America. This was raw, this was the Central American way of life. We are currently in El Remate, in northern Guatemala, staying in a great hostel overlooking a beautiful lake. This is the first time in a long time we have been able to fully unwind and we are enjoying it very much. We have been here six days now and are finding it hard to leave ...