La Riviera Atitlan Hotel Panajachel

... and solutions to the problem in areas of : sewage, agriculture, funds, education/communication, etc.<br>All citizens of Panajachel are concerned, and in San Lucas Toliman, there was a destructive riot reacting to the negligence of the government.<br><br>The somewhat good news is that the gov't finally allotted $10million USD to construct treatment plants, however, cost analysis suggests that the amount should be $80 million USD. Of the ...

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... ropes and flew across the jungle canopy. It was really awesome although the first few times Rachel could be heard whimpering as she was zipping. I don't think we ever realized how tough on the body those zip lines could be and we were pretty tired at the end of it. <br><br>Nevertheless we spent some time walking around town and then decided it would be a good idea to head back to the ...

... by mountains and volcanos so there is a very picturesque panorama. Today we spent the day getting acclimated to our new surroundings and just enjoying not having the pressure of doing anything at all. We walked a lot of the city, which is 9 x 9 blocks and enjoyed the fresh air.. <br><br>Our hotel, by the way is gorgeous! It has only five rooms and the staff are incredibly pleasant and homey. We feel more like we are guests in someone's house than being guests of a hotel.

... almost always nearly ran us off the road. We stopped at a view point which had sensational views of Lake Atitlan and its 3 volcanoes - Toliman, Atitlan and San Pedro. After a photo frenzy we continued down and onto Antigua. One toilet stop and no car sickness victims was a good thing. <br><br>Back at out hotel in Antigua we regrouped and the usual 4-some met up and decided to go for a bit of pampering. After ...

... folks process coffee, which next to tourism is the chief means of income for the locals. <br><br> Now that the winds have picked up, the ride to Santiago was quite choppy and we were getting a lot of spray as the boat bounced through the waves. At this point most people decided to spend the trip sheltered in the boat's passenger cabin. I and few other hardy souls still chose to ride topside. I struck a conversation ...

... attend. Comme à l'aller, notre vol partira avec 1 heure de retard et fera une escale au Panama (regardez une carte). On nous demandera de descendre et de patienter une heure dans la salle d'attente... à 22h/21h, je sais plus avec le décalage horaire, je voudrais juste me reposer... Une dernière anecdote à Madrid (peut être dans un prochain post) et de retour en Suisse le samedi à 21h. Soit un peu moins de 24h de voyage, épuisant. Mais ça valait plus que la peine.

After a day of checking out Coban, which didn't take that long, stocking up and eating amazing street food...mm, beef, salsa, refried beans, some cabbagey thing and tortillas for $2, we took a shuttle up to Lanquin. This is pretty well know on the traveller route for being deep in the mountains via dirt road, for the striking limestone cascading pools of warm clear water and for a cave full of bats. I'm not too excited about the bats. And it true ...

... for the last day and a half to finding an apartment or house to rent. So far we have looked at 11 different apartments, of which, one is a strong possibility. We have some criteria to fulfill, like an internet connection having a lot of daylight and room for visitors to stay over. We are confident we will find something in the next few ...

... plane soon enough, to Brazil. <br><br>So the bus from Barrios lets me off at the Guat City terminal and I get a cab over to where the buses to Pana leave, at the cloverleaf, which is a major landmark in Guat City. They used to go from the market in Zona 4, which may or may not exist any more. It was pretty squalid even back in the old days. Most tourists/backpackers wouldn&#8217;t even know, since the shuttles pretty much by-pass Guat City ...