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Visiting Lake Atitlan with the starting point from Antigua approximately took us about three hours. The small city of Lake Atitlan has a lot of things to offer, but being there for one day we could only visit two of their dozens town.  We met some of the tourist and has agreed to share the price of the private boat tour. Our first stop was Santiago de Atitlan, as soon as the boat stopped,  kids would be approaching and ask if you want to visit their famed saint, Maximon. Givi...

Alejandro, our driver, arrived exactly at 10AM.  His car was comfortable enough and we were pleasantly surprised to see that he was bringing his 8 year old daughter, Sofia, along for the trip.  She had never seen Lago de Atitlan before and asked her father if she could come too (a little traveler in the making!).  Mel and I chatted with the both of them for a while and then sat back to observe the passing scenery.   The drive from La Antigua to Lago is around 2-3 hours, ...

On December 24th, we woke up early and waited for our shuttle to pick us up and take us to Panajachel. Like I mentioned before, the hotel would let you in, but wouldn’t let  you out, so we had some trouble trying to exit the joint. But everything worked out (I stuck my hand out the window so the driver knew we were there while Karen banged on the Owners door) and we were soon on our way. About an hour into the trip, my friend Jenny mentioned she was feeling a little nauseous. Now, aft...

On the weekend I took a mini bus to Lago de Atitlian which is a lake surrounded by 3 dormant volcanoes. It is really beautiful there, the views are amazing. I spent the night in a town called San Pedro. Hamish, you would have loved it, its bungy central! Loads of people who have come here whilst travelling and decided not to leave. They make bracelets and other types of crafts and probably smoke loads of weed too. On the Sunday i got up early and climbed San Pedro volcano. It was a tough c...

Here you can join us on our motorcykle tour from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego (south america). We start our journey May 27, 2006 and we will be on the road for about a year! Read our complete story at our homepage: www.tobias-ingeborg.com

At 8am we had breakfast which was bread, tortillas, scrambled eggs with tomatoes and a nice hot porridgey drink. I offered Mercedes some Vegemite and was not surprised to see she didn't like it very much! Headed into Panajachel at 9am after hiking up to a lookout point at the top of San Jorge for a great view of the 3 volcanoes surrounding Lake Atitlan. We then caught a boat to San Juan La Laguna where Sammy had once lived and worked for a year. It was a lovely place and we visited 2 womens ...

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For a summary of my trip to Guatemala, go to http://www.arjewtino.com and search for "Guatemala".

"What really counts in life is that at some time you have seen something, felt something, which is so great, so matchless, that everything else is nothing by comparison, that even if you forgot everything, you would never forget this." I invite you to read and see my mission experience in Guatemala. I knew the trip would be amazing, but not, life changing and matchless. Enjoy!

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