Blogs from Panajachel, Western Highlands, Guatemala, Central America Caribbean - page 8

After the excellent Maya Traditions visit, our lack of transport leaves us relaxing at Larry's Place (until check out, that is). We needed the break.... read more

Mercredi nous avons vecu toute une journee, intense en pas et en emotions.Laissez moi vous raconter la premiere partie... Nous avons pris un petit bus pour un petit village indigene qui s appelle Zunil. De ce village, nous avons entrepris une superbe excursion dans la montagne pavee afin de se rendre aux sources thermales (Fuentes Georginas)qu il y a tout en haut. En tout, on s est tape 3 heures de marche qui ont values la peine pour le superbe paysage de terres fertiles et de paysans qui trvaillent fort a la cultiver. Rendus en haut, on a bien vite oublie toutes nos sueurs en voyant la magnifique source d eau verte accompagnee d une jolie cascade. Serieusement, je n avais jamais vu une source thermale et je ne me doutais pas que c etait aussi ... read more

Nous sommes finalement parties de San Cristobal. Par chance, puisque toutes les routes du chiapas etaient barrees par des etudiants sauf celles vers le sud, donc vers la frontiere du Guatemala. Le passage aux frontieres sést tres bien passe, par contre je deplore un certain manque de professionalisme. Les douaniers, avant meme de nous saluer, nous ont aborde avec un ¨hey guapas chicas¨ et nónt cesse de nous regarder un peu trop intensement. Les transports en bus se font bien, quoi quún peu dangereux...disons seulement que les heures passees au bords des ravins et a contresens pour depasser des pickups etaient assez stressantes. Nous sommes finalement arrivees a Huehuetenango pour repartir le lendemain matin. Fait assez cocasse, on a pu assister a un vrai Shopping TVA live dans le bus en arrivant a Huehue. Un petit ... read more

Just to explain quickly, i have a load of old photo's on my camera that i want to keep and that's why they're on here!!! So, i better start right from the begining. Seems like ages ago already and we've done so much! Oh, BTW my spelling is atrocious cos i normally have spell check so apologies in advance..... Think last time i wrote we were just about to go on a walking tour of Mexico City. It lasted 4 hours and to be honest i'd had enough by the end of it. It was all history, art, architecture etc. which i can take for an hour or so but not much longer. However, did find out we were staying on the 3rd biggest square in the world and that Mexico Citr is built on water. ... read more

Buenos Tardes, We are enjoying Lake Atitlan which is surrounded by three volcanoes. You can´t go anywhere in this country without a volcano in the background. It´s stunning. We have been staying in a small hippie town on the lake called San Marcos. THe hotel is built into the mountain side and from recycled materials. The insulation in the walls is made from plastic bottles filled with plastic bags. There´s also a compost toilet. (Look it up if you´re interested.) The windows have been designed by an incredible artist. They are stained glass windows made from recycled glass. He also designed the lights which are three dimensional animals made from stained glass. We´ve been shopping and getting in our afternoon siestas everyday too. Yesterday we went to another town on the lake, and we saw a ... read more