Posada San Sebastian Antigua Guatemala

Jim left yesterday taking his cute little Hackentosh computer with him so I'll not be able to upload photos here until I get home. I will be able to upload some to my Facebook page so some of you will see them there. This morning we joined the local historian Elizabeth Bell for a 3 hour walking tour of central Antigua. It was very interesting and I liked some of her terminology - like the ...

... it. Imagine my surprise, when I learned that Eliane and Matthew – two other students – only were paying the equivalent of USD 90 for 25 lessons per week!! Eliane had found a small pamphlet with these prices, showed it to Mario and thus ended up paying a lot less than me. When I confronted Mario with this, he said that these were the old prices and that the pamphlets were outdated. He said I paid the correct price, as it was written on the internet. I ...

... is surrounded by<br>these huge steaming volcanoes, which makes it so much cooler than<br>either of those cities. After getting off the bus, we wandered around<br>attempting to find the ¨super cheapie¨ hostel listed in our books. On<br>the way, we met a group of kids who tried to help us find it, and then<br>instead invited us back to their hostel. After finding out they were<br>missionaries, we politetly declined. Then some Jerry Garcia lookalike<br>joined in on the ...

... and watched what was still incredible to me, malten lava. Seeing lava today, something I never dreamed I would get close to, was a definite highlight of Latin America, up there with the whale sharks. What did you do today me Amigo?&#8221;<br><br>Me Amigo: &#8220;I went to work.&#8221;<br><br>Tuesday ...

... we come to a gushing waterfall with a rope which we are told we have to climb up... my upper body strength does not stretch that far... hello Angelina Jolie in Tomb Raider would have struggled with this one... after crashing into rocks twice and nearly crying with pain they reveal the ladder that i could have climbed in the first place... i feel like burning this tour giides eyes out with my candle but of course mine has burnt out... finally we get to the finale of ...

... a salmonella scare similar to Milli&#8217;s but luckily by lunchtime the next day and the help of half a pack of Immodium tablets, I was feeling pretty good, and halfway through the trip to the Island of Flores.<br><br>Milli says:<br>In the Lima airport I had my last Peruvian dish with potatoes, egg, chilli and a mayonnaise type sauce &#8211; YUM. Then we were on the flight and ate a really good pasta meal so we were full and content. By we I mean me, as it is all about me. I watched ...

... uit te zoeken. Het was bijna 20.00 uur.....en de hele hut was leeg. We kozen voor drie verschillende voorgerechten en nadat we de wijn ontvangen hadden moesten we verkassen naar een andere tafel door een enorme regenbui. De straat stond blank, de muziek was niet meer hoorbaar en we konden elkaar ook al niet meer verstaan. Het was ¨kind a spooky¨ maar de wijn was heerlijk. De voorgerechten waren heerlijkñ gamba´s in sambucasaus, gegratineerde asperges in seranoham en groquettes de ...

... because they are too expensive, on the one hand. On the other hand, as you know, Granny's or Mummy's meals are always better. The challenge is thus to find "comedores" ie local restaurants or stalls serving "comida tipica" (typical cuisine) in the street. Not easy for a foreigner ... You must either be tipped by someone or walk all around the city with your eyes wide open. At the end of my first week, on Friday 17th ...

... at each other and the cop just looked ******. I wish I could have taken pics, it was hilarious! I spent another hour riding around trying to find a ATM because they don't except pesos. Once I took out some Quetzals I pulled over to check my map and I met a guy from Colorado that was riding to Argentina. He was headed to Antigua also so we ended up riding together. WHAT... A... DAY!

... on the side of Pacaya. There were lava flows visible, like a thick red river flowing out and down the mountain toward Guat city. I took photo on the way up, but at the top, my trusty Samsung camera failed again. I think I got sand in the lens mechanism, as it would stick on opening and closing. So, I don't have shots of the top, you will have to trust me. If I can get Voyo to ship me some pics he will have the lava flow pics. Now, I just have the ...