lake atitlan

May 11th 2016
HE SAID... Today we were travelling southeast from San Cristobal de las Casas in Mexico to Panajachel in Guatemala. We woke early (5:30am) and prepared ourselves for the ten hour bus journey and border crossing into Panajachel. We’d heard there were national strikes and road blocks planned in Guatemala, and that these may delay our trip even further. At 8:15am we discovered the r ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Western Highlands » Lago de Atitlán

The Maya civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experience... ... read more

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This blog documents the feeding of our travel addiction - one country at a time. Travel is an essential part of our life, and we'll continue to travel until our addiction wanes (which probably won't be in this lifetime)! The more we travel, the more we see; and the more we see, the more we understand that we know so little - which is a brilliant thing. We love the little corner of south eastern Australia we call home, but we are at our happiest when throwing ourselves into a new adventure and experiencing new cultures. Rather than doing round-the-world trips, our preferred style of trave... full info

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12th June 2016

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Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Discriminating taste & picturesque landscapes
Glad your palate has advanced to being able to taste the various corn tortillas. What a trip of delays and set backs. As always love the pup and food photos. You've discovered tranquillity on the water. Peaceful.

13th June 2016

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

Re: Discriminating taste & picturesque landscapes
Two tortilla lessons learnt on this trip - 1) not all corn tortillas are created equal, and 2) Handmade tortillas are not always better than machine made (contrary to what we wish to believe in Australia) :) As much as we like to use public transport when we travel, we were very glad that we weren't catching a public bus on the day of the general strikes!

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