reflections of tikal [View Full Entry]

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A few photos of our adventure from Rio Duclce, gautemala to Lanquin, Gautemala [View Full Entry]

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It took about 1.5 hours to drive to the Pacaya National Park from Antigua, with the time passing quickly with us viewing the landscape, chatting to fellow GVI organisation volunteers about what we are to expect in our coming weeks and chatting to the other Northern Americans that had joined the tour. A boy, named Jorge, jumped onto the ladder afixed to the side of the Dodge van that we were travelling in, whom we met later as a helper for our journey. Jorge was hired by our guide to show us exatly where the latest flow is. The guide said [View Full Entry]

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Volcano Trail, here I come! Day 1: July 25, 2009 Lisa and I left Toronto very early on a rainy morning, off to Guatemala. Arrived into the sunshine of Guatemala City. Quickly got out of the city and arrived in the UNESCO heritage town of Antigua. This colourful colonial town was the capital of all of central America until an earthquake leveled it centuries back. Today it retains the charm of colonial Guatemala. It has 3 volcanoes surrounding it. One is quite active and you can climb it. Unfortunately we did not have the time to do this. But it does [View Full Entry]

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The following photos are from the view of our rental along the lake before Santa Cruz. The location is about a 15 minute walk to Santa Cruz next to the well known Laguana Hotel. Here we would rent canoes and try to stay away from the lanchas heading to and from Pana... [View Full Entry]

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After a bit of a fiasco with buses, we made it out of Flores a day later than we'd planned. There was no direct bus to Lake Atitlan, where we meant to go to next so we decided to go to Antigua first instead. As we had to go through Guatemala city, it was a chance to get a good look at the place from a mini bus window; once we changed bused in the main terminal. Guatemala city has a bad rep, and everyone I spoke to who had been there said not to bother with it, so I was [View Full Entry]

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In all honesty, I really felt like our travel came to a close with our hike up the volcano and the day trip from Antigua. By the time we got to Lago de Atitlan, I was ready to curl up in a hammock, read, get caught up on e-mails and relax. It was a great place for that. The town is very low key. Lots of Spanish schools, which ironically meant that everyone spoke a little English. We stayed at the Hotel Sakcari . Nice place with nice rooms. My time there consisted of doing very little. We hung out at [View Full Entry]

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Its hot, Im sweaty and sat in a laundrette-come-internet cafe. Im in a little town called Flores in Guatemala, we got here yesterday evening. The last few weeks have been amazing, so good infact I barely have time to update this motherbitch of a blog! The second week in Costa Rica was incredible, eveyone in the group got on really well and we had an amazing time white water rafting, salsa dancing and meeting smokin hot German Warriors! haha! The second week of Costa Rica went really quickly and before I knew it I was getting my connection flight in Panama [View Full Entry]

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After leaving Guata, our night consisted of bar hopping in Antigua. The family that hosted us after the Expeditors office freak out lives in San Lucas, which is about 15 minutes from Antigua. Mom, Dad, Pamela, Tatiana and their sister live in a very gracious town home (gated community). The Dad usually works as a architect, but with the slowdown of the economy, he is focusing on helping his wife run her catering business. It was great to chat with the family over breakfast (we sat around the table for about two hours). In the afternoon, we drove out to a [View Full Entry]

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Hace unos años , en un programa de radio, tuve la fortuna de ganar un viaje estupendo para dos personas a la Riviera Maya . Sólo tenía que responder una pregunta ¨El nombre de una ciudad muy antigua con enormes edificios, que aun existen en la actualidad, pero que fue abandonada por sus habitantes de forma misteriosa´. Quizás a primera vista no pareciera fácil la respuesta , pero dió la casualidad, o no , las casualidades no existen, que unos dias antes habia leido un artículo en la revista Ronda Iberia, hablando precisamente sobre esta ciudad. Hoy me encuentro en esa [View Full Entry]

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