Posada Schumann San Marcos La Laguna

... of Honduras (Equally so the fine fat cigars;)<br><br>first stop was the beautiful lake of Atitlan. I have vistied some lakes in my time, from the largest in teh world to some that are barely a puddle but this one comes reasonably high up on the list. It is a 10km square body of water that is surrounded on all sides by think green jungle and peirced in three places by perfectly conical volcanoes.<br><br>Unfortunately right now there is an issue ...

... for Monday (nah we&#8217;ll be fine really!) &#8211; but we were very out of breath by the end! Luckily we kept stopping to look at monkeys and waterfalls and such like J Unlike Go Ape the guides with you (you always have two) hook you on and unhook you at the other end (quite reassuing!). The one that goes down first also waves a little red flag at you when it&#8217;s time to start breaking&#8230; which is achieved by holding on the the cable behind your head ...

... 3 parrots - i picked up and played with one of the parrots.<br><br>We then headed to the end of town, or at least what we thought was the end. It was the cafge (moon fish) where the owner had an attitude (see breakfast story later). He was closing up and so wouldnt serve us. We were about to head back but then saw this discreet sign and a trail up the hill. We decided to explore and about 10 minutes of hiking and following the signs up and the techno, we stumbled ...

... The pupusas made the ones at home look and taste like ****. At the bar, we made some friends. Lola, an ex-Californian who hitchiked her way from Mexico City to San Salvador, then wound up in Pana bartending. Ryan, a 27-year-old from Houston who had just been laid off and decided to spend 3 months in Guatemala. And Charlie, a 27 year old from D.C. who was doing in internship in Panajachel. We wound up drinking many beers ...

... kregen heerlijke linzensoep en een vegetarische schotel van gewokte groenten, rijst en rauwkost. Na een kleine competitie UNO zijn we vroeg onder de wol gekropen, in de hoop dat het onder ons bladerendak droog zou blijven. Wel kneuterig zo!<br>We hebben een prijsje gemaakt voor de huur van onze cabana voor een hele week en wisselen de dagen af met zonnen aan het meer en culturele uitstapjes. We zijn een dagje naar Santiago ...

... Noz Restaurant followed by cake, then back home for more drinking, dancing and piñata popping. <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br ><br> All in all an excellent day, coordinated beautifully by Chris (though the same couldnt be said for the next morning when we awoke, stunned, to the sound of a random brass band belting out tunes outside our front door. Soooo not something you want to ...

... up and down some beautiful valleys with stunning scenery. Absolutely amazing. We had heard of this hostel while we were in Flores that had an all you can eat buffet, that was in Lanquin the town before Semuc, so we decided to definately hit this place up, and I planned to stuff myself silly which I havent been able to do in quite some time now. We drove through Lanquin down to Semuc. We had heard about this bridge over the river and found it, its probably a good 10-15 metres high, so we ...

... I can´t even begin to dream of the amazing experiences I´ll have, and I feel that it´s simply impossible to return the same person from something like this. Yeah, I´m a bit nervous. But I know by now that a feeling of nervousness often precedes the most amazing experiences in life, and I´m sure this is no exception. Thanks everyone for everything. Drop me a line sometime, I´ll be checking my email every few days. Take care, Jay

So, I just finished a rather lengthy entry, which was promptly deleted when I lost my internet connection. I'll summarize: Having a great morning. It's a little foggy, a little misty, and totally a lazy homework day. Yesterday was a especially great day. Had Geography in the morning. Had a great lunch of pasta out of a package, peraleros (sp? Sort of like potatoes), and a small steak; it was special because it was Valentine's Day. Went to a cafe and "did work" (err, coffee ...

... cold but once it left, it left, which was good. It was good to be on familiar turf again in Antigua. The last time we had been there, a fireworks store caught on fire in the market and created quite a stir as you can imagine. This time we stayed in a hotel that we wouldn´t recommend just because it cost too much for what you got. $50. We were pretty tired, after the long shuttle ride, and didn´t want to look for a less expensive place ...