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Travel Blogs from Quetzaltenango
Santiaguito erupting
... really enjoyable.........that was until two local couples turned up and the guys suddenly produced razors and started shaving their beards in the pool we were trying to relax in. Movember or no Movember, this was seriously not ok. The last thing anyone wants when they’re trying to warm up and relax in some seriously hot springs is someone elses facial hair floating past you!! The thing that bothered both of us more was if shaving facial hair was acceptable what ...
Into thinner air - Jon krackoneoff
... this trip 5 boys from the school whop came with us on the hike. A good thing really as all the others on the trip were girls! After beginning the journey to Tajumulco at 4.30am we arrived to start the hike at 3000m already! It was a pretty slow pace with lots of breaks and at first I thought we could go a bit faster but as we got higher and higher the altitude changed things. Your heart beats like a drum smashing against your ribs, your ...
Xela to Lago Atitlan - day 2
... river which we would follow for most of the afternoon. On the way down we got bunched up near the bottom when Erin almost stepped on a snake and wasn't sure whether to go around it (it was blocking the path) or wait for it to leave. As we started to walk off the path the snake slithered away and the dilemma was solved. Wayne later investigated and determined it was probably a boa constrictor. Pretty cool! ...
Xela
... back at the hostel rather than go straight to dinner as we had initially planned. It was also a bit of a mission to find somewhere for dinner. Our first option turned out to be a cafe rather than a restaurant and our second option (which we chose) was more lunch food than dinner. Third option, if we had needed to resort to it, would have been Macca's. I guess it was quite a bonus that the guesthouse we were staying in had a ...
Spaanse les
... we er 's morgens op uit. We zijn een ochtend bij het meer geweest. Een echt strand is er niet door de hoge waterstand, maar je kunt wel zwemmen. Tim en Julie waren er dapper genoeg voor. Terwijl we op een steiger zaten te kijken kwam er een visser aan. Hij begon een praatje met ons en vertelde dat hij 's nachts vist met een harpoen. Hij vond de kinderen grappig en wilde ze graag even meenemen in zijn bootje, dat hoefde hij niet twee keer ...