Villa Lupita Panajachel

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San Pedro La Laguna, Western Highlands, Guatemala gnsjourney

... whole thing was really awful if you want to know the truth. I think if I had been well fed and rested it would have gone better, but I had apx half a hour of sleep, and the night before all I had eated for dinner was birthday and hot chocolate from the birthday party we had at the house...not exactly trail nurishment. I was suffering big time, the altitude was making me feel very sick and I had no energy, but the time we were two thirds the way up, I was ...

... seemed was coming down so hard that the streets became rivers of water, which left Rachel's sneakers feeling like they themselves were ponds surrounding her feet. Nevertheless, we had fun trekking in the rain. We are sure that had this happened in the United States we would both be complaining heartily but being that we were on vacation something about it seemed like just ...

... br>Having got up at 5 am and walked 30 minutes we stopped and looked out over the lake to watch the sun rise. Unfortunately the clouds prevented us from seeing an amazing vista but it was still pretty spectacular as we watched a live volcano erupt. We then set off down the mountain stopping for a makeshift breakfast and in turn turned into breakfast for the mosquitoes. Onwards we raced down the mountain briefly admiring the view and through San Juan to San Pedro.

San Pedro La Laguna, Sololá, Guatemala hess

... communicate them, as they were surrounded by a bunch of strange gringos who couldn't speak Spanish.) Throughout our trip, these boys proved to be strong, motivated, energetic, and incredibly creative with the trash they would encounter in the towns we passed through. I've definately gained more respect for them after hiking with them and getting to know their stories.

After we took a break for GORP at the top of that hill, we continued up. We were very lucky to ...

... the Catholic Church. As part of the walking tour, Pablo explained to me that the building was build by a Baptist ministry and that there are a lot of evangelical Christians in the town. We climbed to the top of the building to get a great view of the lake and Volcano San Pedro. To provide some balance, we then ventured to the Catholic Church but the structure was not as impressive. Finally, Pablo showed me where the ...

... symphonies you might expect on an overnight coach, but a mix of early 90s rock songs (think ‘All That She Wants’ by Ace of Base and ‘Sweat’ by Inner Circle) with early 90s disco hits (Vanilla Ice’s classic Ice Ice Baby and MC Hammer’s Can’t Touch This) – played at full volume. We didn’t know it at the time, but these ‘hits’ would make up the extent of all ...