Guatemala
Finca Ixobel - Part III The End
How can I make a decision right now? I’m much too busy clinging to the wall. Geoff shouts, “I think we can do it.” I give this a few clock cycles and decide…
Finca Ixobel - Part II
We join our muddy, sweaty cavers just as they enter the cave and the water …That’s when we lose the Dutch girl. She is not a very good swimmer. She turns the…
Finca Ixobel Part I
Geoff and I hung out at a Finca (that’s what they call a farm here) for a few days and quite accidentally had a good time putting ourselves in harm’s way. I…
One month in
One month laterCindy and I can’t believe that we have been out for a month. It has gone by so fast and so slow at the same time. We both feel like we are jus…
School busses from hell
We left Lake Atitlan yesterday to make our way to Chichicastenango for the Thursday market day and then we headed back to Antigua today. The only way to get…
Good help is hard to find
San Marco, Lake AtitlanWe arrived yesterday afternoon having taken in a shuttle from Antigua. We were supposed to take the 7 am chicken bus but it had rained…
Bad Spanish
I am tired, frustrated and failing miserably at learning Spanish. We landed in Guatemala City four days ago and took a taxi to Antigua. It is a charming, sma…
Bed Bugs and Courtyards
I have 37 flea bites on my legs. I look like I have the Chicken Pox. Two days ago I woke up to a few red itchy splotches and chalked them up to a mosquito. B…