Gday from Guatemala
Copan was beautiful - lovely ruins ;)
Then had a nice 4hr bus ride to Antigua... then our ´last supper´with the group... Went to a cuban restaurant, then an irish pub and then some bizarre little after party thing - was fun. the following day Sara and I made our way to Lake Atitlan... we decided to take the chicken buses... despite taking a very long and indirect way to the lake it was brilliant as all the locals were so friendly and helpful running after buses for us telling them to wait etc... ended up taking about 7hours to get here (incl the 1 hr boat ride from Panajachel to San Marcos)... Very nice and laid back here... As we arrived at 6pm a lot of the places were already shut up for the night... this little boy took us round to help us find a hotel (the boys all meet the boats to help the tourists)... we ended up sharing a room at this fancy hotel that had a tree in the middle of it with 2 american uni students that are travelling round doing a documentary thing in their summer break. Had a delicious pizza for dinner!
Sara and I moved hotels today - also a very cool place that has a spanish school attached so we have already learnt a couple of new words/grammar rules! Having a 1.5hr massage this afternoon (san marcos is a spiritual/healing village - pretty cool place). Getting up early tomorrow to make our way to the Chichi markets then back to Antigua - we decided to book a shuttle - good for time and then gives somewhere for us to store our bags while we check out the best markets in Guatemala!! Very fun!
Then Antigua for a couple of days (where we may meet up with most of the group again), and then onto Tikal!
Later!
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Treetanic bar @ Utila - very cool place
Copan - tallest temple
Copan - main plaza
Copan - heiroglyphic staircase (over 2000 inscriptions)
San Marcos ´road´
Then had a nice 4hr bus ride to Antigua... then our ´last supper´with the group... Went to a cuban restaurant, then an irish pub and then some bizarre little after party thing - was fun. the following day Sara and I made our way to Lake Atitlan... we decided to take the chicken buses... despite taking a very long and indirect way to the lake it was brilliant as all the locals were so friendly and helpful running after buses for us telling them to wait etc... ended up taking about 7hours to get here (incl the 1 hr boat ride from Panajachel to San Marcos)... Very nice and laid back here... As we arrived at 6pm a lot of the places were already shut up for the night... this little boy took us round to help us find a hotel (the boys all meet the boats to help the tourists)... we ended up sharing a room at this fancy hotel that had a tree in the middle of it with 2 american uni students that are travelling round doing a documentary thing in their summer break. Had a delicious pizza for dinner!
Sara and I moved hotels today - also a very cool place that has a spanish school attached so we have already learnt a couple of new words/grammar rules! Having a 1.5hr massage this afternoon (san marcos is a spiritual/healing village - pretty cool place). Getting up early tomorrow to make our way to the Chichi markets then back to Antigua - we decided to book a shuttle - good for time and then gives somewhere for us to store our bags while we check out the best markets in Guatemala!! Very fun!
Then Antigua for a couple of days (where we may meet up with most of the group again), and then onto Tikal!
Later!
.
Treetanic bar @ Utila - very cool place Copan - tallest temple Copan - main plaza Copan - heiroglyphic staircase (over 2000 inscriptions) San Marcos ´road´