Hotel Villa Margarita Flores

... bed. Still it was cheap (70Q) and comfortable (the room not that cat). The food at the hostel is amazing, and all vegetarian, an added bonus. I'd recommend it as a great place to stay or at least eat at!<br><br>After spending a day catching up on sleep and exploring the island of Flores (which takes all of ten minutes) we booked a trip to the ruins leaving at 5am the next day. <br><br>Reason for the early hour is that its just too hot in the day time so we had a two ...

... The water was way too warm, almost hot, that was so weird. Then it started to storm, so we huddled under the pontoon on the lake and tried to keep dry. The rain kept going and we were hungry so decided to brave the rain and try to get back to the hostel. We had to get back through the jungle first and got lost taking a shortcut. We saw a snake. Trying to find our way back through the jungle in the pouring rain ...

... on the bus could stand however they liked. Dave thought that if we weren't married already he would have paid the bus driver for that kind of service. <br><br>We got to a town outside of Flores and were then kicked off the bus and onto two minivans which shuttled us to town (v. odd). We then negotiated for 40 minutes with a tour company who wanted to take us to Tikal at 4.30am we wanted to go at 7. We thought we'd ...

... days to let him know if I will accept<br>the job or not.<br><br>Well, it is late Friday night and we have just<br>traveled 5 hours by chicken bus from Flores to Rio Dulce and then<br>boarded a boat to take us and additional 2 miles to Livingston, which<br>is only reachable by boat. So, as you see we choose not to take the 5<br>night trek into Mirador, but despite slight disappointment I feel a<br>strong sense of direction and feeling that I am on the right path.<br>After all, on the ...

... four days in bed.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br ><br><br> Leaving San Pedro is one of those things you have to plan well in advance and thoroughly commit to. That means buying the most expensive bus ticket possible so there is no way of 'accidentally' missing your ride, and it means ignoring everyone you have made friends with who will inevitably try and convince you to stay, &#8220 ...

... the entrance fee and furiously apologised, they let us go. I must admit I was ******** myself that I would be stabbed! Anyway, apart from the whole knife and yelling thing, the caves were unreal, apparently we had gone in past where the tour ends and where it gets dangerous, so I can see why the guy was ****** off. Lesson learned - dont mess with Guatemalans! Alex and Matt also tell us they probably plan to leave tomorrow as well, and can give us a ride to Antigua, so that will save us some ...

... is the processions and carpets that people take part in. There are very loud and smokey ( frankensence and posiblity mire) parades of people carrying very large and heavy floats on there shoulders with depictions of a religious sort, usually Jesus and a cross. Then another float carried by the women ( they are an equal opprotunity sacraficing nation) and a band playing what sounds like a durge. Not that in itself would be enough of a ...

... and shrubs disappeared, and the footing abruptly changed into deep black volcanic sand, which the wind tossed up into the faces of the people behind. The sand then gave way to loose rocks of crusted dried lava, crystalline and sharp, and threatening to tumble down the steep incline beneath us. By now, we were clambering up the loose rocks on hands and knees, desperately trying not to be blown off the side of the mountain. An ...

... was a bit depressing and i ended up in some random hotel on the outskirts of some district or another with nothing around to see or do.... or even eat, although i did find a random Chinese place after roaming the dodgy streets for an hour wondering why strange locals were hanging around telephone boxes. So i was glad when i arrived in Antigua to see that it was a beautiful place, full of cobbled streets and old colonial architecture thats falling ...

... having their staff Christmas party in the afternoon so I went out for breakfast / lunch which included a delicious coconut smoothie, but I made the mistake of having it made with milk. They don't seem to have fresh milk in Guatemala, it's all UHT, so my body rejected it pretty swiftly if you know what I mean!! I can't really complain though, I had't had any problems of that nature with any other food throughout my stay in Guatemala :o) <br>Flores is a fairly ...