Posada de Don Rodrigo Antigua Guatemala

... kites.<br><br> On Sunday we all got up early and headed out to our new favorite breakfast spot 'Rainbow Cafe.' They serve ridiculously good breakfasts at cheap prices. The meals normally consist of beans (staple of every meal), eggs and tomatoes. It isnt quite as good as cheese covered scrambled eggs and bacon but its definitely growing on me in a good way. <br><br>Our ride to the celebration in the city of ...

Last Friday we had yet another excursion with the school. This time we took yet another chicken bus, which took us by Ciudad Vieja to San Antonio Aguas Caliente, where apparently the water is freezing cold. So much for a catchy name. In San Antonio we visited this small artisans cooperative, where we were given instructions to the local clothing as well as the wedding ceremonies of the Christian Mayans. Naturally, I ended up being one of the actors ...

... so he guided us to our stop and even showed us exactly what bus we<br>needed to get on at the next stop. Amazing. Normally, we would have<br>been skeptical of somebody who was so nice to us, but he had his mother<br>and his aunt in tow, so we figured he must be okay. Mom warning: please<br>don´t read the rest of this paragraph if your name is Carolyn. While he<br>was guiding us around, we noticed a shocking billboard that said there<br>had been 5,000 homicides in ...

Monday, 9 September, Day 227<br><br><br><br>Antigua, Guatemala<br><br>Me Amigo: "Good evening Jasper, what did you do today?"<br><br>Jasper: &#8220;Oh not much, just climbed an active volcano and saw streams of lava&#8221;<br><br>My Amigo: &#8220;Wow that sounds pretty ****ing awesome, please tell me ...

... argument with a Michael o Leary taxi driver and we get to the bus station to get the bus to Antigua which is thankfully only an hour away from Guatemala City.<br><br>Antigua was definitely the most picturesque town we have seen so far in Central America, full of Spanish colonised churches and Baroque architecture surrounded by 3 volcanoes, impressive to day the least. First stop was Mc Donalds due to a recommendation from a fellow traveller, now who recommends a Mc ...

... lightening<br><br>The colours &#8211; all the buildings are painted lovely colours<br><br>The time to read novels (I&#8217;ve read 12 books so far!)<br><br>Things I am looking forward to:<br><br>Seeing everyone<br><br>Summer fruits (esp rasberries!!! Ooh and nectarines)<br><br>New potatoes<br><br>Sainsburies Taste the Difference Multiseeded bread<br><br>Seeing the Harry Potter Film!<br><br>SMALL insects<br><br>Being able to leave food in a sealed plastic ...

... coin, mieux vaut éviter les restaurants car trop chers, d'une. De deux, comme vous le savez, la cuisine de mère-grand ou de maman est toujours meilleure. Il s'agit donc de trouver des "comedores": petits restos pour locaux ou stands servant la "comida tipica" (cuisine typique) dans la rue. Pas facile pour un etranger... Il faut soit être tuyauté par quelqu'un ou quadriller la ville et se balader en ouvrant bien les yeux ...

We stopped at a viewing point on the way back to Antigua with stunning views back over Lake Atitlan. In Antigua we checked back into our earlier hostal and I relaxed in the courtyard again until we went for salsa lessons at 5pm. The salsa lesson was great, a few of us staying with it for 1.5 hours of lessons. Afterwards we went out for our final group dinner of the tour, because ...

... we had to do a little more navigating to get to the flowing lava (about 2 hours). Second time round the views were amazing! At the start there are lots of kids trying to sell walking sticks. I got one for 5Q and then it gets returned to the children, but they keep the money. I really liked the walking stick.

CONGRATULATIONS TO US!!! We did it! We hit the mark and have raised the funds to build the first school! I'm so proud of us, and overwhelmed by your generosity and helpfulness! It's time to give a resounding "MUCHAS GRACIAS" and a big THANK YOU to everyone who helped make this possible! Right now I am working with the mayor and the community to see when we will be able to start construction. Since the mayor is ...