Hotel El Sol
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Travel Blogs from Lake Atitlan
Flip flops, 12 hour journeys and stunning Pana
Man alive I was absolutely freezing last night! Had to sleep in a hoody, my scarf, a blanket and my towel to try and keep warm. Had to get up even more earlier than usual (6:30am) to go on the trek that was getting to Pana. For some reason people like to set load bangers off at this time of the morning, which I'm sure people LOVE. I look like an …
The most ridiculous/unrelaxing relaxing day EVER.
So apparently **** the lie in because I naturally woke up at 7:30am. AH **** you body!!! Today Georgia and I decided we were going to have a super relaxing day. We were going to go to a quiet beach on the lake, read, chill, sunbathe... ah it all started out so well! Headed to the super market first thing to get breakfast and apparently they don't …
Finally a relaxing, sunny day!
Ok Asian people get up super early, like 6:30am early-whyyyy? Luckily I needed to be up early or I would have been ******! It's a been really nice day today which was perfect for a boat trip on Lago di Atitlan, not so perfect for my skin-sunburn! We finally had the relaxing day we wanted, sailing around the lake, going to the pretty villages of San …
Haggling, horseriding and heavenly massages!
... meal was $2 and after some yummy fajitas, a hunt for some chair tea and an episode of made in chelsea we headed to bed!
Our next morning was a girls only activity - shopping! We hopped on our shuttle to the market town of Chichicastanengo which holds Central AmericaŽs largest artesan market every Sunday. It was crazy with every street packed full of Guatemalans selling everything from cushion covers to bags to table runners all in bright garish colours. We had a ...
Guatever
... with the hustle and bustle of street hawkers, desperate to make a sale, and tourists, desperate to get away from the "Please lady, good price, you buy!"s that echoed through the air. Everywhere you turned there were vivid colours and sights, a real assault on the senses that left you feeling as though youŽd put through your paces.
Feeling exhausted from the endless heckling and ...