Villa Lupita Panajachel

... local and it is her program to get all the animals spayed. I said, last time I was here, that I would love to pay to spay the animals here since so many suffer from mange or worse. She gave me her card and I will be able to fulfil my wish-promise. What luck to find her that way. It is much nicer and less hassle here than last time I was here. The vendors do not pull at you or hassle you in any way. It is actually quite pleasant to shop on the streets.

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... out of the window as we inevitably concluded 'in for a penny' and drank all day. Towards midnight i became quite sad about missing Steve and took myself off to bed 'early'.<br><br>We headed back to Antigua Sunday feeling rather less healthy and relaxed than we had envisaged and this time thought it would be preferable to get the direct tourist shuttle bus. And considering i spent the majority of the journey sat ...

Well I've now been in San Pedro over a week and am pretty content with<br>life here. <br><br>I landed up getting a lift from Antigua<br>with a girl I had met from Guatemala City who I had randomly bumped in<br>to in Antigua the night before. It<br>turned out she was going to San Pedro for a couple of nights with her<br>mates the same day so managed to get a lift down with them. The journey<br>there was a bit of a white knuckle ride as it was dark, very foggy and<br>none ...

... me. Taboo and I are still hanging out. We found a cheap place to stay (three dollars a night) so it´s tough to move on.<br> We haven´t done much since we´ve been here. One day we rented kayaks and paddled across the lake to check out other towns. The waves were whipped up by the afternoon winds and we ended up getting splashed a bit. It was a sunny day so no real harm done. <br> On another day we decided to hike up ...

... part in the ceremony where a boy comes in, tips San Simon's throne back, and then the person asking for the blessing pours a bottle of sugar cane liquor into is mouth. Fascinating. <br><br>3. I am leaving Sunday to go to the women's weaving cooperative. I will be gone about a week, and then I will return here to Xela to teach English at the school for a month, while I continue to take more Spanish class. I think it's a good plan. Xela really has a hold on me, it's tempting to ...

... on the other side..With legs like jelly I froze, unable to gain my balance, looking for a hand hold to steady myself and trying desperately to remember my rock climbing, push with your legs, trust your body. But I was in thick heavy boots and had an unwieldy backpack. Eventually after persuading one of the guides to take my pack, I was able to 'nimbly&#8217; clamber over the lichen and moss covered rocks into relative safety of slippery mud. Juan and I slipped and slided ...