Casa Vieja Lodge San Jose
San Jose, Guatemala
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Working hard, Playing hard.
... playingwith Karla (9) and Diana (8), my two girls at my house. Diana especially waits for me to come home, and has just adored stealing something I value and asking to be chased. One night it was my cell phone (for Guatemala) and we spent half an hour wrestling on my bed until her mother called her out. They´re so much fun, they are exactly who I was when I was eight years old: trouble. They speak every word in spanish (except ´What?´and ¨You´re crazy¨) and are some of ...
Travel adventures abound: Money lessons and news
... around 9am).
The border crossing to Guatemala was uneventful as far as the guards were concerned. However, the journey from the highlands to Guatemala city was something else. I was immediately in love with the country simply by staring at the wispy clouds floating around the mountains and the volcanic ranges. The country is very scenic, and it has a very ethereal feel to it. It almost feels like you have woken up and found yourself living in ...
Back to the City
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The view was well worth the $10 round trip. Naturally, Cerro de la Cruz is home to a large cross that overlooks the city, which is spread out in front of it, framed by the volcano in the background. Looking down, you´re far enough away to see a wide panorama, but close enough to see the bustle on the streets below.
On my return, I got the cab driver to drop me off at another old ruined colonial church, which looked ...
Volcano hike
... cool. I managed to fall over a few times as I kept slipping on the loose rocks.
We were lucky with the weather – the skies were fairly clear and it was a good temperature for hiking. It got a bit cold at the top because of the wind and we weren´t moving around much. We stayed around the top for about 30 minutes and then headed back down. That was even harder with the loose rocks but I managed not to fall ...
La vida en Antigua
... geopend, sta ik wederom op de patio van een enorm mooi huis. Orlando laat me de verschillende kamers zien. Maar met het delen van douche en wc ben ik niet zo blij. Tevens ben ik niet zo blij met het water dat continu in het fonteintje klatert vlak voor 'mijn' kamer. Ik ken mezelf: van al dat geklater, blijf ik naar de wc lopen. Na de bezichtiging neem ik afscheid van Orlando en zeg ik hem, dat ik erover na zal denken. Terwijl ik eigenlijk al wel weet, dat dit 'm ook ...


