Up in the Guatemalan highlands the temperature drops and the character goes up. After stocking up on essentials like toilet paper, sugar, rice, oil, beans and powdered milk we continued onto San Jorge La Laguna on the shore of Lake Atitlan to meet our home stay families. A community of…
humanoid wildlife
speaking of marriage…
/ 13/02/2013Being an awesome tour group has its advantages. Ernesto and his family threw a house party at grandpa’s and the food, drinks, conversation, laughter, dancing and marriage proposals flowed freely. I say proposals because from my limited understanding of Creole, apparently grandpa and I are getting married in Honduras later…
going underground in border country
/ 13/02/2013San Ignacio lies just near the western border of Belize and Guatemala up in the hills. Our tour guide hails from Cayo as it is locally known so we were lucky enough to be treated to dinner at his grandfather’s house, along with a large slice of his extended family…
cenotes, Chichen Itza and going coco loco at Coco Bongo
/ 07/02/2013The trip from Merida to Playa del Carmen was a study in contrasts, the fruits of various human endeavors and stamina. We got an early start so we could get the jump on the hordes of cruise ship day trippers at Chichen Itza. Rafael, our guide spends the rest of…
getting out of town in San Cristobal de las Casas
/ 31/01/2013After arriving in San Cristobal in the early hours and being lucky enough to find our rooms ready, I signed up for an excursion to Sumidero Canyon after breakfast. After a decent bus ride we boarded fiberglass open boats in uncomfortable life jackets and set off up river. Along the…