Hotel Zaculeu Huehuetenango

... just because we could. Though, as with most great ideas one has in San Pedro, we never quite found the time to do anything about it &#8211; way to much 'doing nothing' to do.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> News of the Swine Flu scare broke worldwide in April (though reports were considerably slow to arrive to San Pedro, just two hours from the Mexican border where the virus ...

... valley beside a river with awesome views, and you have a bunch of knitwits with techno going fullbore, drinking way too much and dancing around like they are at some sort of rave. YUCK! I´m going to try to immerse myself more in the countries I visit, and with Latin people, but I know once Fordy goes, every few weeks I´m probably going to need to come to hostels like this to stop myself going crazy. I dont like even thinking about it, too many yobbos and people I would bag if I saw them ...

We took then a bus from Comitan to Ciudad Cuatemoc (or something like that) and there we went to the Aduana to have our passports stamped. Then we took a taxi to La mesilla (after speaking with a man from Bilbao that had been living with the Zapatistas...to get some ideas for the Vask country, he told them...na ja). After the trip in the "nobody land", we came to La mesilla,. It is amazing how different things can be just in ...

... of banana bread from Doña Luis´ and coffee and read in the park for much of the morning! It was great! So I had my finals this week. Everything went well, glad to be done. So, I was planning to throw some pictures of all this stuff up, but the computer I´m using isn´t cooperating. I´m sorry! They´re actually pretty good pictures too, showing the process of building and the like. Well, hope you´re all doing well! Jay

... behind the counter. With a barely detectable smirk, which turned into a full laugh, she informed us that the price was $120 US dollars, not $125Q (off by a factor of about 8). Completely embarrassed, we sheepishly followed the bellhop up the winding staircase and through the grand wooden doors to "our" suit, collected our weathered bags off the canopy bed, and sulked back out into the street. After that, we just accepted a room ...

Hey guys This is going to be mad short cause we had to run to lunch and start school...but we just wanted to say that we've arrived...last bit of the flight was business class...now THAT is a way to live! I think the only thing that stopped trish and i from stealing the mini salt and pepper that came with our amamzing meal was the lack ...

Stopped for one night in the town of Huehuetenango on the way to Todos Santos , unfortunately arriving with pretty wet rucksacks and mostly wet clothes inside after the bags had been uncovered on the roof of the chicken bus &amp; it poured down with rain on the way from Momo. Huehue is not much more than a pleasant transit town , with links to Xela , the Western Highlands villages and the Mexican border. The upside of ...

... Who knows what global warming is capable of). So me and Bert are in this middle sized city choking on the smog but enjoying exploring the chaotic streets. Tomorrow I think Im going to head to a small Mayan town in the mountains (3 hours away Todos Santos). If I like the town I might stay for some Spanish Lessons. Everything is going well for me. The surfboard and my pack have been tied to the roofs of the minivans so it hasnt been a huge problem. Take care, happy valentines day.

... s civil war was signed over 10 years ago, there was a more vigilant approach to security in western Guatemala than in any of the other countries we had visited. For example, there was a strong military/police presence on the streets, no one left their car on the streets at night, and many businesses, including our hotel, kept their front door locked at all times. Because of this, we followed our guide book's advice and opted for the escorted (2 police officers) 20-minute ...

... especially with Welly. It was obvious they have a lot of love to give. The orphanages are a bit different in Guatemala, kids who have parents that aren't able to look after them, because of drugs etc, are put into orphanages too so there's a right mixture. We stayed for a few hours, playing basketball and hanging out, then got the bus home again. Ana left for a holiday to Vegas on the Tuesday ...