Hotel Chi-ya San Pedro La Laguna

... great. There are 3 or 4 different bread ladies who get up in the morning to bake all different types of bread: banana, chocolate and banana, coconut, carrot, cinnamon- you name it, she´s got it. And they walk from hostel to hostel with their breads all packed in a basket which is carried on their heads all the while shouting ¨pan de banana, pan de coconut, pan de chocolate...¨over and over again. If they ask you once they ask you a million times, and after one day of ...

... enough for a car or even a motorcycle some of them are dirt they are called trials.<br><br>This is a beautiful place the lake is as large as Lake Geneva but it is surrounded by mountains and two big non active volcano's. <br><br>No one speaks Spanish here except the Spanish students the locals speak Mayan (but know Spanish) the tourists speak English.

... 7 is made up of two guys from France, one who now lives in Montreal, a guy from Israel, a guy from Australia and a guy from the states. Hannah and I spent about a week soaking up the atmosphere of San Pedro, and having a welcome break from the hectic volunteering in Xela, and we were going to stay longer, untill on the morning all the boys were leaving for El Salvador to find ´a beach shack with no gringos´, we upped and left with them.......

... people up and the swim never materialised. We also ended up at a private dock when we eventually arrived in San Pedro and were greeted by, surprise surprise, more touts who followed us into town, waiting outside any of the hotels we went into. One tout was so drunk from the night before that I couldnt actually stand next to him as the stench of alcohol on his body was nausiating. We eventually ended up at a place called Pinnochio's with Jules and Nicky ...

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... has sinced turned out to be an absolute ****** of a guy, and came to Semuc Champey with us, and will also be coming to Antigua and San Pedro with us to get some sweet sweet magic mushroom action. Only sad point of the day is that I dropped the silver ring I brought in Taxco into the lake. I had it in my camera bag while I was swimming and got the camera out to take some photos of the sunset and forget, and it went flying into the water! Pretty ****** off, I was quite attached to it. 21st ...

... at the roof. It is great for dinner or some drinks. <br><br>From the dock we walked about 5 minutes through a dead-end street where we found the hotel entrance. We checked in, we were introduced to the staff and the owners and then we went straight out to see the town. Due to the topography of the place, to get anywhere it is necessary to walk up a hill. At least the banks are located at the top of the town. But all the bars, discos ...

Everyone! I´m done! Completely done! Finals are over, everything´s wrapped up. And so begins my traveling in Central America. My last final exam was yesterday (Thursday morning), and I´ve just been tying up loose ends and the like since. Earlier this week I decided, after too much deliberation, to go to El Salvador first. Tomorrow morning (Saturday) I´ll be leaving bright and early for Guate City, where I´ll hopefully find a ...

... of a 700 meter climb up mountain that seemed more like an Exodus than a tour. We later found out from our roommate that she actually took a horse up, which of course is easier than going by foot. The view at the top was amazing though, we got to see the sunset and later hiked back to the bus. We arrived back in Antigua at 9pm where we grabbed dinner and called it a night.

Antigua is yet another world heritage city - along with everything else, the Spanish conquistadores were pretty decent builders. Things aren't quite as serene as they seem though - a leisurely walk up to a local summit overlooking the city requires an armed police escort. There's a huge amount of guns floating about this area since the Civil ...