Blogs from San Pedro La Laguna, Western Highlands, Guatemala, Central America Caribbean - page 5

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 surprised to see how modern and nice it looked. In my head I had it as a real run down shanty town, and though its a bit like that at the edges it looks quite ... read more

I am on my break from lessons with Odillia. I just love her. It is great, though my mind gets very tired after a while because everything is Spanish. If I don´t know a word, she explains it in Spanish. If I don´t understand grammar, she explains it again in Spanish. This weekend was a GREAT break. On Friday, after Craig made us a delicious bbq lunch, we left for the lake. Once we got to Panajachel, we crossed the lake to San Pedro. It was raining, but it was still SO BEAUTIFUL. I already love mountains anywhere as a result of living in the flattest place on earth, but it is so beautiful there. We went with the boys to a hostel-hotel called Zoola, which is Hebrew for a place of tranquility. One night, a ... read more

Liebe Daheimgebliebene und Andere Nach unserem Aufenthalt in San Cristobal sind wir direkt nach Panajachel (Guatemala). Der Grenzuebergang ist Problemlos verlaufen. Panajachel haben wir nach nur 1 Nacht verlassen und sind mit dem Boot nach San Pedro la laguna gefahren, was ebenfalls am Lago de Atitlan liegt. Hier sind wir gestrandet und haben uns von anfang an wohlgefuehlt. Unsere naechste Etape wird dann Antigua sein, wo wir vorhaben unsere grauen Hirnzellen wieder etwas anzustrengen und einen Spanischkurs zu besuchen. Bald ist ja auch Ostern, was hier der wichtigste Feiertag ist und den wollen wir gerne in Antigua verbringen. Bis dahin mischen wir uns unter die Hippies, lassen uns die Haare an den Beinen wachsen und verzichten aufs duschen. Leider funktioniert hier das Hochladen der Fotos nicht wirklich...aber ihr seid ja sicher langsam auch etwas uebersaettigt und ... read more

Here are some pictures I grabed from some of the other travelers I have been with in the days after the camera. Enjoy. San pedro is amazing still and so is school. The classes are moving really fast. I am now studying for six hours a day. Last Thursday for Dom´s 35th birthday we all did staches and went to town on the hair gel. Great times. Friday... went out to the bars and afterwards experienced something I hope to never see again and I will make this short with few details. Late that night we went out to the bars and had ourselves a good time, until coming across a man who had been shot in the head and twice in the body. The tourists were the first to get there while the police arrived ... read more

I am in San Pedro in Lago de Atitlan, Guatemala. I spent about a week and a half in Granada, Nicaragua doing a homestay/ spanish course. It was great and I got at ton of really great pictures. The city is really amazing with big colonial buildings. We were there for the end of a poetry festival and got to see a parade, concerts, and tons of daily activities. My host family was really great, but the spanish was really difficult because no one spoke a lick of english. Very hard to explain things when something isn´t understood. Miriam left that same week for Costa Rica before the return flight to Germany. Martin and I gained another traveller, Femke, who was staying with the same family as us. In less than twenty four hours she had ... read more