La Casa Grande Guatemala City

... make a difference.<br><br>Which reminds me of the story that my team mate Courtney Zinter and I talked about last night. It is about the little boy walking along the beach. The beach has thousands and thousands of star fish on it. One by one, the little boy picks up a star fish and tosses it back into the ocean. And adult comes along and notices what the boy is doing. "You will never be able to save them all," says ...

... br>The street away from the border was narrow with vendors on either side and vehicles vying to pass in either direction through a haze of dust and exhaust.<br>Once clear of the town what a magnificent ride, through the cleft of mountains rising almost vertical on either side. You just can't capture it on a camera even when it is safe to stop. I stopped to take a shot and the builders wanted in, more friendly people.<br>Everywhere on the road side vendors ...

... of shifty black volcanic rocks. It was overcast and added an extra sense of eeriness to our group. Our agile well informed guide led us to where the lava flowed freely. An acidic smell assaulted my nose making it hard to breath. It was so hot, so damned hot that the rain dried instantly on my t-shirt. People in our group took turns roasting marshmallows and crowding on top of newly cooled lava to take photos, probably ...

... variations: avoid men with tattoos (apparently indicates that they are gang members), do not pay close attention to, or take pictures of babies/children, and don´t play with them unless you know them well (Guatemalan parents are terrified that gringos will steal their babies - there is a black market in which they can be bought for $100USD). Antigua is everything it was promised to be. A beautiful, quaint ...

... venja). Thad voru engin private herbergi a hostelinu og vid svafum thvi a svona dormi med odrum. Svo i kringum midnaetti tha voknum vid vid thvilikar hrotur i einum gaur tharna a dorminu. Thad var omogulegt ad sofa vid thetta og for thvi Atli og bad einn vin gaursins sem var vakandi ad vekja hann svo vid gaetum sofid. Svo sofnudum vid aftur en hann byrjadi ad hrjota aftur svo svefninn vard frekar laus. Atli vaknadi hinsvegar aftur en tha var gaurinn hrjotandi a fullu og ...

... her, but she is American (speaks English,affordable, informative &amp; respectable) www.antiguatours.net.<br><br>I would recommend that someone in your group has even just a few years of High School Spanish under their belt as very few people actually speak English (you'll see more English in Antigua then anywhere else.) <br><br>

... running today. Guatemala City was never particularly nice, but the news coming out these days is even worse, rampant crime and such. Few travelers stop there any more. You don&#8217;t need to. Antigua is less than an hour away and is much nicer. I tell the cab driver to take my straight there. It&#8217;ll cost no more than what a five-minute ride in Athens costs after midnight. FIRST I&#8217;ll go to Antigua, and then I&#8217;ll go to the coast.