Guatemala
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Thursday, 21 Aug 2008 | Views [562]
Many people who visit Guatemala and want to see Tikal skip the long ground trip, pay the extra money, and fly from Guatemala City to Flores, sometimes completing the visit to the ruins and the flights in the same day. We decided to take the slower route ... Read more >
Tuesday, 19 Aug 2008 | Views [819] | Comments [2]
Lori felt well enough to take the shuttle van to Tikal this morning, so we made it! While seeing "a bunch of ruins" won't top Elena's list of highlights of this trip, it ranks pretty high for Lori and me. While they range widely, most of these limestone ... Read more >
Monday, 18 Aug 2008 | Views [660] | Comments [2]
Flores is a small city that completely covers a small island in the middle of Lake Peten Itza. The views of the lake are spectacular, especially at sunrise and sunset. I'll add a photo soon. If you switch to hybrid (satellite) view on the map below, ... Read more >
Monday, 18 Aug 2008 | Views [598] | Comments [1]
It was about a 6 hour shuttle van ride from Coban to Flores on Saturday. We rode with the family of the driver - her sister, one young son each, and Abuela. We're usually with younger backpackers on these shuttles, which I mostly enjoy, but it was nice ... Read more >
Monday, 18 Aug 2008 | Views [1714] | Comments [1]
My favorite day in Guatemala is when we rode 8 zip lines. We were harnessed in but it was still scary. We were really high up so you could see the lake called Lago de Atitlan really well. The first ride when I braked my glove flew off so I rode with ... Read more >
Sunday, 17 Aug 2008 | Views [660]
Needed some downtime after that long day of adventure. We toured the coffee plantation right around the corner from our hotel. Carmen, our guide, gave us an informative tour and one of the better cups of coffee we've had on this trip. Although Guatemala ... Read more >
Sunday, 17 Aug 2008 | Views [834] | Comments [1]
After the afternoon of swimming and lounging at Semuc Champey, our tour continued on to Lanquin Caves. We entered the cave with headlamps on late in the afternoon. Wet, slippery, steep steps up and down the sides of this network of caves going deeper ... Read more >
Sunday, 17 Aug 2008 | Views [867] | Comments [1] | Video
Formed by a river plunging into an underground tunnel, leaving a small flow of fresh water continuing above ground, cascading through several small pools, Semuc Champey was magical. As with everything in Guatemala, getting there was an ordeal, leaving ... Read more >
Sunday, 17 Aug 2008 | Views [635]
After Antigua, we wanted to see Semuc Champey and Lanquin Caves. We could've stayed right at these natural wonders, but opted instead to stay at the nearest small city. As I mentioned before, the kids really like coming back to the same hotel, and Coban ... Read more >
Sunday, 17 Aug 2008 | Views [533]
As Elena described, Pacaya was pretty awesome. We didn't get next to molten lava as our neighbor Leif did, but the lava we stood on was still giving off a lot of heat. It was a long, bumpy ride there, and it was a hot day. We were wondering if the kids ... Read more >
Sunday, 17 Aug 2008 | Views [500]
My favorite day in Guatemala so far has been when we went to Pacaya, an active volcano. Jarrett and I got to ride horses up to the recently-cooled lava. My horse's name was Camaron, which means "shrimp" because he was a small horse. Jarrett's ... Read more >
Sunday, 17 Aug 2008 | Views [465]
As I mentioned earlier, we wanted to have a soft landing to give us a good start on this trip, so the first hotel in Pana was $50/night. In Antigua, we went down to a small, family-run place with a shared bath for $35/night, including a full breakfast ... Read more >
Sunday, 17 Aug 2008 | Views [547]
Been too busy to keep up! I'm almost a week behind now. We had a nice, but short, stay in Antigua, which is a beautiful colonial city, and much more affluent than the areas we've been to so far. On some great advice from neighbors Leif and Cilla, we treated ... Read more >
Thursday, 14 Aug 2008 | Views [675] | Comments [5]
We left Panajachel on a shuttle van that took us to Chichicastenango on Sunday. Chichi is one of the largest markets in Guatemala. Twice a week, it becomes a chaotic mix of vendors and shoppers from all over the highlands, and bunches of tourists, with ... Read more >
Sunday, 10 Aug 2008 | Views [928] | Comments [6] | Video
OK, the video isn´t so great, but you can see why Jarrett´s daily request is to have another tuk-tuk ride. It´s a 3-wheeled covered motorcycle that can carry 3-4 people.
Sunday, 10 Aug 2008 | Views [550] | Comments [1]
Took a boat ride across the lake today to Santiago Atitlan, a Maya town. Unlike Pana, it´s not filled with hotels, restaurants and travel agencies. However, there are the visiting tourists and the locals selling their crafts to them. Elena got a colorful ... Read more >
Sunday, 10 Aug 2008 | Views [647] | Video
A thrilling ride in a chicken bus took us to the neighboring town of Solola, for its twice-weekly market day. This market is mainly for the people in the surrounding villages to buy and sell what they need. Combination farmer´s market, craft fair, and ... Read more >
Sunday, 10 Aug 2008 | Views [641] | Comments [1]
Our daily routine here is to have some activity from the morning until early afternoon, then relax at the hotel in the mid-late afternoon. This is for several reasons. First and foremost, kids find most parts of foreign travel (walking, language, transportation, ... Read more >
Sunday, 10 Aug 2008 | Views [882] | Comments [5]
On our first full day in Guatemala, we decided to risk our childrens' lives. We went to a nature reserve outside of Panajachel, intending to see coatis, spider monkeys, butterflies and coffee plants, and maybe take a zip line ride through the trees.... Read more >
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