After leaving Antigua last Friday afternoon, we rode in the back of a pickup truck up to a place called the Earth Lodge, near a town called El Hato, on the outskirts of Antigua. The place was started up by a Canadian named Drew and an American named Brianna 6 years ago, and has gorgeous views of the surrounding valleys and city of Antigua. On our second day there, we hiked for a couple of hours out into the surrounding hills, and saw some amazing scenery- for miles in all directions, the villagers have planted corn fields, and the trails which they use to get to their fields, though minimal, are enough to get around on well enough. The weather, as might be expected during the rainy season, has been gorgeous in the morning and gloomy
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