Onward from lake Atitlan

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October 7th 2007

Published: November 3rd 2007

Gautemala At the end of the last blog I was approaching the end of my time at Lago Atitlan but had extended my stay for a couple of day haviong found a nice quiet hostel to relax in. My plan to move to the quiet town of Jaibalito on Lago Atitlan worked quite well for the first two days and I managed to get a little Spanish done as well as visiting a few more villages around the lake either on bik... Read Full Entry

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Sting Ray Alley

At other times of year you also get to see a lot of sharks.

The quiz team

Second night in Utilia we enetered a quiz night. We didn't win. People were unimpressed with my knowledge of the English monarchy.

Bad Kareoke

The quality of live music on the island left a lot to be desired.

Go slow

The island had such a relaxed pace.

Its a hard life.

Second snorkel trip involved sailing back to the island during sunset with beers and rum punch.

Rum punch

They wouldn;t let the four of us off the boat until all the rum punch was finished. Then afterwards straight to the bar. Good day.

One for animal lovers

Not sure what attracted them but everyday they were in the same place in droves.

Storm tropical style

When it rains it rains. Fortunately this storm never caught up with us.

Tikal Morning climb

This give you an impression of the jungle setting of the ruins. We climbed up this to get to a good spot for a non existent sun rise.

Tikal

One of many photos of the ruins.

Tarantula

One of many animals we saw around the ruins, including howler monkeys.

Tikal

View from the top of one of the ruins. Fanstatic.

Tikal

It was starting to get hot

Tikal

At the top with Matheus (Christins boyfriend) who I had spent a lot of time with in Xela and seen in a few places since.

Tikal

Last one though there are a lot more on my facebook if anyone wants to see more.

Boat crossing

This was on the road between Flores and Coban.

El Retiro

This was one of the best hostels I stayed at. Every night everyone took dinner together.

Aussie Amigos

Katy, Sarah and Torsten. Sarah and Torsten had a side trip to the lake between but the three of us spent a fair bit of rime together first in El Retiro and after in Xela.