Hotel Paco Real San Marcos La Laguna

... Juan


the dock


some Guatemalan women (and a man)



on the dock in San Juan


suicide dog


the dock


gravestone



tomb
San Pedro La Laguna, Western Highlands, Guatemala farrahfig

... contamination due to some algae that has grown which has left the lake unswimmable!! added to the fact that it ****** down for 5 consecutive days (which im sure will make anyone in the UK very happy, infact wet season has arrived late and i am getting utterly soaked on a daily basis. coupled with the fact we have been at altitude for the last 6 weeks - its not been all that fun!)

Departed the lake, which is now "the worlds most at risk lake ...

... television, but didn't know that you could see
them up close in real life. Even if American kids have never been to
the aquarium, they've definitely seen dolphins on tv and know that
aquariums exist. She's also never driven a car or been to the movies.
Like we said in our last blog entry, things like that just make you see
the world a little bit differently.

Alright, enough thinking (this hippie air is really getting to us!), we're off to salsa class.. wish us luck

... br>
We were all quite nervous the next morning as none of us had ever done a homestay before and we were not sure what to expect. We met with the administrator at the school office at 5pm and met our families. Jules went off first with his new "mother" - he was going to be staying on the other side of San Pedro and had decided to do morning lessons as opposed to afternoon lessons like we were doing. Al was next to head off and luckily he was only ...

... froze my account online and went to the school to try and call my bank. The school immediatly called the Tourist Police (who knew that existed? they even have lights on thier car!) and they said that the same thing has happened with the exact same ATM several times in the past two months, they are working on getting it shut down. They have ever reason to believe it is someone who works for the bank, because they have my card and pin number, but they don't ...

... a fire making very hesitant conversation with some 1st year Guatemalan students. After a bit we began to realise that we weren’t really at the place we wanted to be – we were at a rave – oops! Luckily an Austalian bloke pointed us down the road and we caught the last 10ish songs of the live latin music – even stretching to a bit of a dance. ON our way to bed we bumped into the Australian again who seemed less than impressed with our ...

... wearing some pretty sturdy gloves which are reinforced with lots of leather on the bit which touches the cable!!!). After the zipwire we headed back into Pana for Lunch and I bought another set of earrings (and necklace!) but I just couldn’t resist they were just so unusual and beautiful. My current jewelry count is 4 pairs of earring, two necklaces, two bracelets and a ring !!! Oops.

We caught a boat to San Marcos the ‘chill out’ capital of ...

... a hostel that claimed to be closed. We followed the music and walked in on some hippies and a crowd that welcomed us with beaming smiles. Turns out they were all drugged out of their mind, listening to music, passing around fresh fruit, playing with hackey sack and twirling a broom stick. We stayed for a beer and chatted for a few and while there were some interesting stories, we felt a little out of place and so decided the leave. I will say that the place had ...

... exchanging all of our traveling experiences. Oh yea, and then I met a group of Mexican bikers who put me on one of their bikes and draped me in their leather. After that, they introduced me to their ¨boss¨. I wasn´t really sure what the ¨boss¨was in charge of.

The hotel we were in (Hotel Tzutujil) was definitely an experience. The owner was a kind man, and the cleaning lady and her children were interesting to ...

... geweest, aan de andere kant van het meer, om een bezoek te brengen aan de tempel van Maximon....een¨heilige¨ die houd van geld, vrouwen, whisky en peuken. Aangezien de tempel iedere keer op een andere plaats is hebben we een Tuk Tuk genomen vanaf de ¨haven¨ en zijn we via wegen langs krotten en zwervende honden naar de tempel gebracht. De jongen van de Tuk Tuk wilde wel op ons wachten.....ik begrijp waarom.....naa ...