Tzam Poc Resort Santa Catarina Palopo

... dagen, men har ikke rigtig tid til det, da vi skal bestige Pacaya (den aktive vulkan) senere i dag. Det korte af det lange er blot, at det var den foerste store oplevelse, at opleve guatemalanere som bor i nul og ingenting med hylende grise ved middagsbordet, samtidig med at de griner, smiler, knuser og krammer en hoej boennestage de aldrig foer har moedt. Ja, i gaar var en fantastisk dag..

... in various configurations. The configuration of the candles varies based on the nature of the petition - whether it's for a good harvest, healing, children, travel or whatever.

Carlos told me that a couple who planned to marry would come to the church, light two candles, one for each of them, put the two candles right next to each other and place them on one of the low altars. If both candles burned to the ground and remained standing next to each ...

... the way to Mexico. Dotted in a line were volcanoes all the way up to the border that make up the Volcano Complex of central America. Everyone, with a few exceptions, was tired but in good spirits. The swiss guy seemed like he was too cool for the group and decided to walk about 200 yards in front of everyone else and the french guy continually said, i live in zzee alpzz thiz izz eazzy. Great people. We stopped for lunch at a clearing on the ...

... session with our group and it turned out to be a lot of fun! We crammed 8 or 9 people into a pool for 6! It was a great way to spend the evening, but once the water started to cool off after a few hours, we packed up and headed to dinner. Lucky for us the place where we decided to eat was showing a movie..but not just any movie, the Michael Jackson documentary ¨This Is It¨!! I know, it´s lame, but we were SO excited to see it! Did anyone go see it at home? I ...

... on there, but we did get to walk through the
town cemetery which was very neat. They had just recently celebrated
the Day of the Dead (the day after Halloween) so there were remnants of
decorations and bouquets ...

... limit. After we left the house this morning and a
dog ran up to Teddy and licked his leg (due to what we can only assume
was the variety of different flavors on there), we decided we had made
the right decision. Class this morning was verbs, verbs, and more verbs
for both of us. If we have to make one more sentence about studying,
taklking, or bailamos-ing, we just might shoot ourselves. Or maybe
we'll be able to speak ...

... Loofi at 17 was the eldest and had just graduated from high school, and Ada Marie who at 10 was the youngest in the family. They also had their cousin, Anderson, staying with them from Guatemala City, and their grandmother who spoke absolutely no Spanish, only Mayan dialect.

Now Lynda had only been in the country for a week so her Spanish only consisted of words like no, si, por favour and gracias. I had been travelling for 2 months through ...

... and the school directors knew what to do (it happened to one of thier students a few months back). I would have been completly lost about where to go for help. The Police Police wouldn't have cared at all. Glad they keep special Gringa Police around.

Thank God I have travelers checks too, in case of emergency. I will just be living pretty thin until my new card comes. who knows how long that could take. But once my account can be unfrozen, I ...

Today we went to the market at Chichicastenango – a town in the mountains which is famous for it's Thursday and Sunday markets when people from all over the region flock in with all their traditional wares and foods. After a pancake breakfast (our hostel provides us with batter and bananas in the am – genius!) we caught a shuttle to get to Chichi. The road was very windy as it climbed up the mountain and I was rather ...

... drinks were impressive! also, the prices are significantly lower than in Antigua. By now I've tried several beers, but the ones I've liked the most are Gallo and Moza. But the Moza one don't seem to be available everywhere, so I'm sticking with Gallo.

By 7pm we decided to go out to see some bars, and right there all the lights went off.
Every town around the lake was out of power. The outage last for about
2 hours. So we had a ...