Rachael has had great success with her blog and I haven't had much success with internet - speeds are very variable - so I thought I'd give it a whirl... We arrived in Guat after the journey from hell - 40 hours and then, in our wisdom, another 4 or so driving... fortunately sanity had prevailed and we'd ditched the idea of renting a car. We never would have got out of Guatemala City. Not to mention the fact that it got dark on the journey and we had an unexpected stop for half an hour for roadworks... However, it was well, well worth it when we arrived in our first spot, Chichi. Chichi is a small town of about 23,000 people, but very traditional. All the women were wearing traditional dress, which involves a piece ... read more