Vulcano Lodge Jaibalito

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... you travel or how cool you are, you should never be<br>okay with giant insects! That doesn´t make you a world traveler, that<br>makes you weird. Anyways, we went on our normal errands to the tienda<br>and then to the bank, when Teddy remarked that he felt like he always<br>had "wads of cash with no money." Very succinctly put. We always feel<br>like we are spending so much money because we are constantly throwing<br>down twenty quetzal bills, when in reality we are ...

... I cant walk by myself past 9 at night has taken some getting used to. And also I dont have money to spend doing things so I basically just walk around all day at the market between class, and then at night sit in my kitchen in read. This weekend I had fun though. I went to a birthday party with my friend Angel and I dont think I have laughed so hard in...I dont remember. My stomach was killling me the next day. It was nice to be ...

... and there is a small volcano that we were able to watch erupting. <br><br>We rested at the top for a while, which was no small feat, because it was freezing and the wind was terrible. While we were there several other groups came to the top. They were all Maya famillies. One of the families had three youngish looking girls in it that were wearing high wedge heeled sandles and skirts! And they made it to the top in like three hours! I couldnt believe it ...

... smoothies to be had. All in all the most luxurious place we&#8217;ve been to and we&#8217;ll be sad to leave it tomorrow. <br><br>The dinner is served &#8216;family style&#8217; and we&#8217;ve already met some very nice people here (mainly English and American actually&#8230; whereas we&#8217;ve noticed a lot of Europeans around the rest of the lake) and so I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;ll be a very nice evening.

... floor, drinking. <br><br>Eventually I came up with a plan to say that I wanted to change. It was felt best to come from one of the guys, so Derek translated and they quickly left. The night was long and restless and morning came not a moment too soon, although it was with mixed blessings as the thought of another day hiking with aching limbs wasn&#8217;t that appealing either. We got up and quickly packed up our meagre belongings as the guides fixed up breakfast which ...

... much to do what we were thinking so well all set off up the hill to catch a chicken bus into Panajachel. One came along soon enough so we jumped on board and set off down the hill at breakneck speeds, honking the horn the whole way down. We hopped off at the main street and went to the bank followed by the bookshop. Teryn and I both picked up a Spanish phrase book hoping it would help us with our respective families. <br><br>We walked down the main drag ...

... with colourful stickers and painting and bright lights is excellent - adds to the character of the country. <br><br>After driving through Pana we headed up the hill to San Jorge La Laguna and to our local families home-stay. We were dropped off at the church in town and went to a local's house where we were allocated into groups of 2 - Lucy and I were together. We followed our mumma and pappa down the hill to their place, or as pappa put it mi ...

... each...After that he gave us all kinds of advice on boat schedules, etc. Cute kid. We landed in San Pedro La Laguna to be greeted by a bunch of American/European gringos making bracelets, braiding each other's hair, etc. Too polluted with tourism, hippies, and people seeking some kind of spiritual/yoga renewal to be able to really witness the local indigenous culture. Since we're really not into hair weaving, horseback riding, or pot, we found a cute little ...