http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/MissG/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from MissG en-us Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:27:24 +0000 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:27:24 +0000 iHolaIve been in San Pedro Guatemala for a week now learning Spanish for 5 hours a day then going home for meals and chit chat with my Guatemala family and SwedishIranian brother so it seems the right time to send a few notes on learning espanol.1. In Mexico of course the currency is the peso. The Q on Guatemalan price tags does not stand for queso. Queso means cheese.2. Be prepar http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Lago-de-Atitlan/San-Pedro-La-Laguna/blog-322538.html An Israeli an Aussie a Kiwi a Swiss a Brit and a German walk into a bar. Israeli says to the Aussie...Since I last wrote Ive been on and off travelling with the same group of people. Its been mountains canyons not kenyans jungles eerily like an episode of the Mighty Boosh monkeys snakes iguanas jet boats beaches Pacific and Carribbean buses 80s parties ruins.... Im cur http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/blog-316594.html Mexico City one of the largest cities in the world. Guidebook Who needs a guidebook Map schmap. Sans guidebook I managed to see prehispanic pyramids hispanic castles modern art museums parks with real live squirrels plazas etc etc. All bueno. But speaking of guides the best sight I saw was on the subway. There were three blind people all walking in a row sticks busily tapping http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Mexico/Distrito-Federal/Mexico-City/blog-312766.html First up a huge thanks to Nikki and Lance for their amazing hospitality. I'm going to post the Sherman Oaks Hostel on the Lonely Planet Thorntree so that all future visitors to LA can stay there. The rates are muy reasonable.Although my hosts weren't quite cool enough to take me to the Viper Room or Chateau Marmont they did manage to zip me around most of LA including a cruise along the Pacif http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/blog-311525.html