Blogs from Western Highlands, Guatemala, Central America Caribbean - page 5

As nice as the lake is we still decided that we were getting too settled in our Atitlan ways and felt the need to re-experience life at sea level. We hired Lee, our host, to run us over to the Pacific coast for a two night road trip. Lee is a certified guide and has lived here for the past nine years with his wife, Elaine. We boated over to Pana where Lee keeps his ride, filled the tank for $3 a gallon and vibrated westward over pot-hole riddled roads. We stopped just above the lake near San Lucas Atitlan to catch the spectacular view of the volcanoes and lake-shore. An old man, sitting on a shady bench, told us some local facts in exchange for a few coins. Two dogs dozed under a bush. It ... read more

11/01/15 Via Antigua naar San pedro La Laguna- Lago Atitlan. Ondertussen zijn we 30 januari, een dikke 3 weken geleden dat ik nog een update gedaan heb van mijn blog en eigenlijk simpelweg niets geschreven in de laatste 3 weken. Reden? 3 weken intensieve Spaanse les = geen energie, of misschien eerder te veel energie om terug aan een bureau te gaan zitten in de namiddag of avond! Man, ben ik blij dat ik niet meer hele dagen op de schoolbanken moet zitten. De eerste week nam ik les in San Pedro in een klein schooltje " Flor del Maiz", bloem van mais.. de rode draad wat het leven betreft voor de vele Maya dorpen, tortillas..maismaismais... Rondom de steden en dorpen heb je enorme maisvelden en koffieplantages.. overal eigenlijk in Guatemala. Fantastisch sfeertje, een zes tal ... read more

I traveled to Guatemala with my 6 month old, Matthew, and my parents for my friend's wedding. Andrew was supposed to come, but ended up in the ER sick with strep throat among other things the day before the trip. Lex and John had rented the hotel Panza Verde, which is a small but amazingly beautiful hotel in Antigua. The rooms were incredible, and I'm gradually starting to come over to the dark side and prefer places like this as opposed to hostels. I'm also in my 30's with a baby, too, so as much as I don't want to admit it, maybe my life is changing a bit. Anyway, Matthew has a passport, and we will see the world, even with a baby. After checking in, we wandered around town, took a quick trip through ... read more

Geo: 14.6367, -90.5383Good to be home.I am so thankful that Jim lefthis computer here in Guatemala, which led me to hand deliver the computer toUruguay, which led me to fly back to the US, and finally get to meet littleLucy and spend 4 nights/3 days in Indiana.I had a great time playing with the kids.... read more

Up early again, but had coffee in my cottage (YAY) and blogged a bit. Came down for breakfast and they kicked me out of the restaurant as it was 07:27 and she was quick to point out they don’t open for 10 minutes. Um, ok……. So it’s currently 07:35 and I am waiting (im)patiently for my second cup of coffee and breakfast. However the main drag is quite interesting - I’m coming back here tomorrow morning to see if I can capture some photos of the goat herds, the women walking with the palm leaves on their heads and so on:-) On my walk down I encountered 3 birds piled up together; I think 2 were male hitting on the one female and she was trying to get away. So I yelled at them to leave ... read more