Westin Camino Real

... to get good deals on fancy hotels, so as they arrived rather late in the afternoon we all stayed overnight in the "Westin Camino Real" - quite an unusually luxurious accommodation for us! Now back at the hacienda, we are spending our time catching up on ...

... God's mercy to people.   Back on the bus for a drive around the lake.  Mario is our local guide.   At the Camino Real Hotel, we learn that AK didn't think the linens up to par, so some were flown in from Camino Real Hotel in Guatemala ...

... ! We also got held up by more construction st outside of the city, but made it in with out much trouble and found the westin hotel in the business district. The old town is further still and further away from where we want to be tomorrow, so having ...

... check off a bunch of flu symptoms), so after a bit of waiting, I just wandered into the imigration line and proceeded through. The Westin is a nice hotel, much more American than any place I've stayed out of the country. Which is to say it isn't much ...

Pre-trip itinerary: Tikal National Park, Guatemala For a fantastic bird-watching session, you get up early to tour the hotel grounds with a local bird-watching specialist who assists you to find as many of the region's 500 bird species as ...

We got to Guatemala City around 8:30 pm and took a shuttle straight to our hotel (compliments of our awesome friend Kevin!)  Ate a delicious seafood dinner there and hung out in the hotel.  Didn't venture into the city as we've heard it can be ...

Good news! The rains let up and we were able to make the 4 hour bus ride safely from Cuilapa to Antigua. The people from Habitat for Humanity were able to find us a third location to build at. All of this has been a reminder that we are not the ones in ...

So sorry for the delay in getting this posted. On Friday, we left our hotel early and began the 7 hr bus trip back to Guatemala City and then on to Antigua.  We will spend the next day in Antigua in preparation for a very early morning flight home ...

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