San Sebastian Hotel Panajachel

... the lake all the other fish have been consumed by them. The lake is dying. Later, walking the streets we saw a woman and man catching a dog in a kennel...they were under a van coaxing the dog out and at least 4 other dogs were circling the van. She told me she was taking the dog off the streets because she was in heat. I offered to pay for the spaying and she was very excited to have me say that. She works for an organization something like the SPCA ...

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... hours of Saturday morning! We met up with some party animal English lads that we had met in Antigua and quite a few others and took turns in which room or house we would hold court for the duration. We met tons of people and generally had a ball throughout. Woke up on Saturday and all our plans for kayaking, swimming in the lake or simply soaking up the ambience of the island (as i kept calling it( went ...

... a little slice<br>of hippie heaven. Our school is the Cooperativa Spanish School<br>(www.cooperativeschoolsanpedr o.com), and it guarantees fair wages for<br>our teachers, as well as sponsoring several projects for families<br>around the lake. Over 80% of the people in San Pedro live on the<br>equivalent of $3.50 a day, though you wouldn't know it from the<br>kindness and beaming smiles of the people we've met. Makes you think a<br>little bit...

San Pedro is one of about eight small towns located around this gorgeous lake. Imagine Crater Lake, but on a more massive scale. This lake was created when the magma was expelled from an ancient volcano. The land collapsed and over time, was filled with water. Since then three other volcanoes have formed. It´s really a nice setting. There seems to be more dogs around here than tourists though and that´s just fine ...

... size mannequin from the states, and he is wearing a cowboy had, a Pancho, cowboy boots and aviator sunglasses. Also, he is smoking a cigarette. All the time. When the cigarette goes out, there is a women whose job it is to light a new one for him. We were lucky enough to see a ceremony, it was the normal candle lighting and beating with different planets and what not. It was hard to tell what was going on because it was in Quiche. What sets it apart though, is the very ...

... than anything in Belize &#8211; there are hundreds of trucks (all driving rather scarily badly!) and hundreds of fast food restaurants and signs for fast food restaurants (literally everywhere you turn!). There was also a rather amusing street which seemed to be full of piñata shops!! Literally about 7 of them all selling the same HUGE piñatas of spiderman, tinkerbell etc. It&#8217;s hard to imagine a demand for them all!<br><br>From the bus station we had ...

... we had lunch. We collectively via Kirsty and David decided to push on but stop there for lunch. If we thought the morning had been bad, which in fact only the first hour and half had been, then we were in for a surprise... the afternoon was hideous. We continued slipping and sliding down mountain paths with legs like lead and sweat pouring from every pore. <br><br>Eventually we reached a stream where some refilled there water bottles and then we had to clamber over slippery ...

... Guatemala City Airport through Adrenalina, also. Instead of paying $40 if I booked through the hotel, I paid $12. Dinner with Liz was great and I learned what a truly amazing person she is. Liz spent her early twenties traveling the world as a scuba instructor. Tomorrow, she planned to do a dive on the lake to see a petrified forest. I wish I was not leaving tomorrow because I would have loved to join her. As a matter ...