Blogs from Lago de Atitlán, Western Highlands, Guatemala, Central America Caribbean - page 17

¡Hejsa! OBS: Lover, at dette bliver en kort lille notits (og ikke Saxos samlede vaerker som sidst)... Foerst et par meddelelser: 1) Zenias hjemmeside med billeder hedder: www.23hq.com/Zenia & 2) Vi har stadig problemer med at faa overfoert vores egne billeder, saa maaske sker det aldrig - sorry, I maa saa glaede jer til at se dem, naar vi kommer hjem. (Og jeg siger jer, vi har til et 5 timers Powerpoint-show, mindst...MED irriterende grafik og effekter...hehe) Vi ankom til Panajachel i gaar, som er en ret hyggelig by, der ligger lige ved Lago Atitlán. At vi overhovedet naaede frem, er et mindre mirakel...mere om det senere... Vi forlod Quetzeltenango i gaar morges og tog op til de varme naturlige kilder Fuentes Georginas, som -til stor glaede for os- kun kunne naas med pickuptruck, saa ... read more

Coffee beans! Broken van! Whattaday ... read more

PANAJACHEL Left Lanquin/El Retiro together with Eline, Angela, Sarah and Liz at 6am in the morning and took a chicken bus to Coban. And from Coban we hopped on another bus to to Guatemala City before reaching our final destination, a little town called Panajachel located around the lake known as Lago Atitlan. Guatemala City itself is not a really safe place to be in, even during the day. We had to get off the streets and hop on to another bus immediately or risk being mugged. Quite a stressfull experience and thankfully we managed to pass through unscathed. After god knows how many hours, we arrived in Panajachel safe and sound. I liked Panajachel as it was a little town with loads of stalls on the streets selling knick knacks which were a steal. And ... read more

We decided to kill some time by Lake Atitlan before our flight out to Peru. The Lake is one of Guatemalas main attractions and it was easy to see why. It was beautiful. We headed from Panajachel, where all the buses arrive, to San Pedro. It was a very bumpy 30 minute boat ride to get there. San Pedro is a travellers hangout, where roast spuds can be bought, and English football was watched. Yes!! It was a nice place to relax for a couple of days, though whether this had anything to do with the view, and lack of anything else to do, or whether it was the passive smoking of various herbs, I guess we will never know. We went to San Marcos, a smaller village on the other side of the Lake, after ... read more

Apres 45 minutes de pick up pour monter jusqu'au haut du volcan, nous arrivons a Santa Clara. Les enfants ont passe la journee sur le toit a gueter notre arrivee par la route. Mon pere commence par nous faire un discours, comme a l'ordinaire, et me raconte comment Julissa a souffert de mon depart l'an passe. Julissa est ma preferee, j'ai trouvee la separation aussi tres difficile. Il me raconte qu'elle a pleuree pendant 3 semaines, n'a pas mangee a s'en rendre malade et allait chaque jour voir dans ma chambre si j'etais revenue. Sur ces mots, elle part a pleurer a chaude larmes et vient dans mes bras...moment tres touchant qui m'a fait pleurer intensement, accompagnee de Pascale qui etait aussi tres emue. tout est redevenu comme avant, j'ai passe plusieurs heures a jouer avec ... read more