Friday, 12 Sep 2008 | Views [392]
After a torturous 3.5 hours on a 1st class bus with no air con, not allowed to open windows, and cockroaches hitching a free ride...I got to Rio Dulce. Windy roads and the heat left me a little dizzy. A throng of boatsmen attacked and I was really ... Read more >
Tuesday, 9 Sep 2008 | Views [435]
Ok...6 hours later I arrived in Flores...not the worse for wear. We stopped for a cafeteria lunch...just like in Thailand! We also watched Kung Fu Panda and Star Wars Clones...in Spanish. Once here I hit a wall of heat. From one extreme to another! ... Read more >
Wednesday, 3 Sep 2008 | Views [359]
I went on the boat to a small inlet where there is a hotel carved into the mountain. I was able to stay in a small stone cabin with amazing views of the lake and the mountains and volcanoes beyond. There was a family style dinner...and I was able to ... Read more >
Tuesday, 2 Sep 2008 | Views [364]
I took a chicken bus to Pana. It was a lovely 3 hour ride. I arrived at 10 and found a lovely place across town near the beach and in the corn field. I have my first single. I decided it was time to take a break from the hostel scene...though it is ... Read more >
Monday, 1 Sep 2008 | Views [342]
Antigua is a beautiful city...though a bit of a harrowing drive in a minibus. When we got to the Guatemalan border a French couple forgot their passports?! We waited at the border for them to be driven back to Copan. Luckily it is only 30 minutes away.... Read more >
