San Jorge Hotel Antigua Guatemala

... figured out how to market the nuts. Macademia nuts, salted or unsalted; macademia nut butter; chocolate covered macademias, dark or white chocolate; macademia nut oil and cream for your skin; macademia cake....etc. etc. etc. Also gave us breakfast of macademia nut pancakes with nut butter on top and a side of fruit. The machines he has developed to shell the green outer shell and then to size the inside pod are ingenious and Rube Goldberg like. He does not share his ...

<br><br>Day 16, Tuesday 20th<br>Oct, Lanquin to Antigua (another 7 hour journey)<br><br>7 hours has become easy now on the road...plus the van was much better this time. We drove through Guatemala City which is supposed to be notorious. Didn't look like the worst city I've ever seen but at night it's a 'no-go' zone. No tourists come here, it's literally just a place to fly in and out of or drive through.Antigua is a ...

... air con, comfy reclining seats and tv as this is what the Tica Bus company offer and various others. Instead we got no air con, seats that didnt fully recline and in Alan´s case, didnt recline at all and a tv that played Spanish pop songs from the 80´s featuring scary men that look like bad versions of Jesus singing from the decks of boats with a woman doing the slow run on a beach. We also had scary females displaying their naked breasts in other pop videos ...

... locals are screaming at me that the water is not safe to swim in... i start freaking out that there is crocs or something... finally i get to the end of the river where the rest of my tour group are waiting patiently for me... <br><br>Then back to the local restaurant to eat more chicken and rice... then back to our hotel where we all have a few beers and cant believe we are still alive.... amazing scenery though and recommended to anybody else crazy enough to do it.....<br>

... was balmy, there were funky bars and restaurants and lots of art around &#8211; just a shame it was very touristy (SO many American students grrr) and therefore expensive like a *******. Also tourist police were everywhere, big guns too, reassuring I guess..<br>But even that couldn&#8217;t deter us as I had the best spaghetti in possibly all the countries I&#8217;ve been to, and lots of frijoles at any meal! Hurrah!<br>There were pretty squares to wander through, nice arches and ...

NOW I finally got here and applied for the open space as a chef, so far they were really happy. My body is till making troubles, I really don't know what I got. But at least I am fine so far... just tired. But / like they have printed on their TShirts&gt; Blame it on the altitude!<br><br>I have had my first three dinners, for example Salad with a ...

... it! Once at my hotel, I slowly unpack my first tamal. It is huge! And surprisingly, not at all like yesterday ... Well, much much better, actually... Delicious! It consists of mashed potatoes with chunks of potatoes and there, in the middle, a green pepper and, well hidden at the bottom, a piece of meat: chicken in muy first tamal and and pork in the second . It is spicy, but without exaggeration. Just right! It was a ...

... with 20 different dialects of their language which sounds a bit like German or Swedish in their pronunciation. We have hit a few towns in Guatemala but we are failing to really enjoy it as much as our previous countries. Maybe we are getting a bit tired. We visited the must see, nothing like Guatemala town of Antigua. Adorable, quaint cobblestone streets. Over priced accommodation and food. Power ...

... in room fireplace and view of distant cemetery. All meals (for both of us) were included as well. this for under $100 US for the night. Make sure you plan the visit for Sat. night as the Sunday market is a must see. Many flower vendors on the steps of the church (don't enter unless you can take the see through tomb) and hundreds of vendors with varied wares. To top it off, the bus trip from Antiqua is a ...