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Jan. 22 – Guatemala

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Day 174 – Lago de Atitlan was a beautiful drive and a gorgeous lake. We stayed in the main town of Panajachel, which is lined with vendors selling any item a tourist could want. Plus it is full of restaurants and bars. It was hard not to buy any woven items or jewelry. The area is stunning, with the lake right at the base of two major volcanoes.


Lago de Atitlan

We found decent, cheap accommodation right on the edge of the main strip where we could securely park the car. We didn’t go to any of the other towns around the lake, though I read it is the best way to fully appreciate the elegance of the area.

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Lago de Atitlan


Part of the market


more lake pics

Most importantly, we were able to watch the Seattle Seahawks play and move on to the super bowl!! How crazy is that?!


Wow!!!!!

Jan. 22 – Guatemala

Saturday, January 21st, 2006

Day 174 – Our last weekend in Xela. We are leaving tomorrow morning early and heading out to Lake Atitlan, “the most beautiful lake in the world”. So this day was spent doing last minute preparations: buying some headlights for the car, exchanging some books to update our library, and hoping for the water to come on. Some problems occurred with the construction and prolonged the city’s period without water. Though the rumor is that it is supposed to come on this afternoon. Our host father has been driving out to his mother’s house and bringing back gallons of water to help flush the toilets, clean, and cook. It is sad leaving such a beautiful city that is full of nice, smiling people. I do highly suggest if you want to learn Spanish, come down to this town and spend a month here. We would spend longer, but we are meeting some friends down in South American that we can’t wait to meet up with; we will probably take more Spanish lessons down in South America.


Quetzaltenango is a city definitely worth a visit if you are in Guatemala!

Jan. 20/21 – Guatemala

Saturday, January 21st, 2006
Day 172/173 - Last day of school :( we had a choice of staying at the school and studying or going with our teacher to the Mercado de San Francisco El Alto. All the students ... [Continue reading this entry]

Jan. 18/19 – Guatemala

Saturday, January 21st, 2006
Day 170/171 - My teacher, Johnatan, suggested that we all go dancing tonight at a club. So a bunch of us from the school (Johnatan, Jason, Luis (Jason’s teacher), Robbie (a staff member), Maria (the director), and I) ... [Continue reading this entry]

Jan. 17 – Guatemala

Saturday, January 21st, 2006
Day 169 - Today Mario, one of the teachers, took us students on a trip to Salcaja, a town outside of Xela. Salcaja was the first town created by the Spaniards during the Conquest. This is also ... [Continue reading this entry]

Jan. 15/16 – Guatemala

Saturday, January 21st, 2006
Day 167/168 - Woke up ready to get some writing and website work down, but to our dismay the whole city lost electricity. The power was nonexistent until the evening, so we spent the day wandering the city ... [Continue reading this entry]

Jan. 14 – Guatemala

Saturday, January 21st, 2006
Day 166 - INEPAS invited us to attend their Saturday school event, which was a hike up to Laguna Chicabal. We gladly joined for the chance to be surrounded by nature and to experience the land outside of ... [Continue reading this entry]

Jan. 12/13 – Guatemala

Thursday, January 19th, 2006
Day 164/165 – Guatemala, here we are!! Let me start with when we came within a few miles of the Guatemalan boarder. As we drove over the last hill in Mexico the landscape suddenly changed, creating a new ... [Continue reading this entry]