The condo we’re staying in during this visit is just a block from the main plaza so we’re constantly walking through on our way to one place or another. Seeing as how the National Palace is now open again we decided to take a tour of it. The President Jorge … Read More
The City Life
These little amusement parks are scattered all over the city. The same company, Adventureland, with the same few rides, and the same cheap 10Q ($1.30) ticket prices. Nothing better than being able to just pop in for a couple quick rides and laughs before moving on to whatever else you’re … Read More
All Over Guatemala
Our poor rental car is getting a lot more work, and depreciation, than its eight dollar a day rate could possibly cover. The nearest halfway decent grocery store to the marina is a ninety minute drive away in Puerto Barrios. We’ve made the trip a couple of times trying to … Read More
Quiet Day in Fronteras
We’ve had a knack lately for getting caught in traffic jams. Here we were the first car behind the beauty queen parade. Another day we were the first car behind a walking funeral. They’ve got a bit of everything in the tiendas along main street. Hell, they’ve even got my … Read More
Around the Rio Dulce
We visited the hot water springs waterfall a couple months ago, but rainy season has kicked in now so we wanted to check it out again. The water was deeper this time so we could actually swim around, and there was virtually nobody else around. All of the water up … Read More
Las Conchas Waterfalls
On the way home from Tikal we found another off the beaten path place to punish our rental car with. Las Conchas is a series of beautiful waterfalls that during the dry season people can jump off the top of. Unfortunately we showed up at the height of rainy season … Read More
Chicken Bus Chase
We woke up early on Chichi market day and watched the fog roll through the cemetery. We aren’t accustomed to tablecloths and multiple forks place settings at breakfast, but we were getting the full treatment at this hotel. Some of the Mayan women are so tiny that eight-year-old Lowe is … Read More
ChiChi For Short
We spent about ten days on Lake Atitlan, visited many of the villages, did some hiking, swam in the lake, ate at a lot of mediocre restaurants (a drastic change from the food in Antigua), and generally had a nice relaxing time soaking up the views from all around. I … Read More
San Juan La Laguna
A quiet day at the lake. Up above the town of San Juan La Laguna is a short hike to a nice mirador looking out over Lake Atitlan. On the way up we had a nice view of Indian Nose across the valley. Back in town we saw these two … Read More
San Marcos
Sunrises over Lake Atitlan have been pretty dramatic. The view from the bedroom porch is fantastic. I think I’ll always prefer ocean views, but mix a big lake in with mountains and volcanoes and we’ve got a pretty good combination going. We headed across the lake to San Marcos, one … Read More