Hotel Paradise Inn Panajachel

... out to be a lot of fun! We crammed 8 or 9
people into a pool for 6! Jaime and I get **** done! It was a great way to spend the evening, but
once the water started to cool off after a few hours, we packed up and
San Pedro La Laguna, Western Highlands, Guatemala farrahfig

... Stan washed away the only flawed plants in 2005. Since forever, but more in the last few years, "aguas negras" have been continuously flowing by rivers into Lake Atitlan. Therefore, there is a high level of Phosphorus, and not enough Oxygen. The biggest culprits are agro-chemicals/pesticides, human sewage, and land erosion.
Dr. Margaret Dix,(UCali-Davis), who presented at the meeting, was not sure of the toxicity level of this ...

... hours of Saturday morning! We met up with some party animal English lads that we had met in Antigua and quite a few others and took turns in which room or house we would hold court for the duration. We met tons of people and generally had a ball throughout. Woke up on Saturday and all our plans for kayaking, swimming in the lake or simply soaking up the ambience of the island (as i kept calling it( went ...

... of the other people
staying at our hotel witnessed her ritual and proceeded to scoff at her
when she explained that it was due to the presence of an abnormally
large cockroach. Um, we're sorry, but we hate those kind of people.
They were the "Well, we´ve traveled everywhere and seen everything and
nothing phases us" kind of asses that show no emotion and always try to
make you feel like some sor of bumbling idiot. Always. And really, no
matter how ...

... Guatemala is way more laid back in terms of timings, buses etc than Mexico and its much more hectic. People speak a lot less English, but Guatemalans lived up to there repuation of being some of the most friendly people in Central Amnerica. Stayed in a small border town for one night last night, which gave us a real taste of Guatemalan life. There is a lot of poverty here, the town itself was so picturesque set back in the ...

... their talented craftwork. Freida wants to focus on more house projects and is unsure about how or when the product sales will come about.

For the past two months and for a few months ahead, my responsibilities include: updating the website, creating a physical product catalog, designing product layout for the website, coordinating and monitoring community projects, making products available on eBay's fair trade page World of Good, perhaps even ...

... and women making their way to buses with their loads of furniture, groceries, etc, and the central plaza just past the knee-high stone ledge. The plaza was spotted with families, more ice-cream vendors, and hundreds of flowers,shrubs, trees. We made our way through the aisles inbetween the vendors' tarp coverings and soon we are being shoved by multiple shoulders and feet through a tight spot. I felt someone's hand on my lower ...

>tinkling high-pitched bell from the ice-cream cart, slowly pushed through the streets by a tiny hunchback man

>distinct acrid odor of burning trash
>sudden explosions of firecrackers at 7:30 AM
>rhythmic clapping and chanting along to 3 chords of the electronic keyboard at church
>murmur of ballads and reggaeton
>vibrating hum and ...

... passe la voiture sous un spray anti-? (bacteries, je suppose) et ensuite on nous reclamait des frais pour un pont a peage (on pense) mais nous n avions plus de comptant. Alexandre a donne sa montre en garantie, le temps qu on trouve un guichet automatique. Enfin... nous etions au Guatemala en direction de Tikal. Nous avons aussi ajoute un mot a notre vocabulaire espagnol : Tumulous. Il s agit de l annonce d un immense "speed bump ...

... of beets carrots cheese tofu red pepper onion avocado,
Bobbed my head to The Beatles tunes as a live band called Hermanos Locos (American expats) played at Solomon's Porch,
Been invited to play basketball with Lesly, Sara's elder daughter (my host family)


There's probably 40 other things I haven't remembered, so maybe I'll edit later! :)