Archive for August, 2005

San Pedro La Laguna

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

After Xela we made it to San Pedro La Laguna, set on Lake Atitlán, with amazing views over the lake. It´s a little town and what one might call a backpacker hotspot. It´s loaded with travellers, and it´s very easy to get stuck here for weeks or even months. Our hotel costs about 2 Euros […]

Jungle rivers, chicken buses and nature´s wonders

Friday, August 19th, 2005

I find that it takes me more and more willpower to find an internet cafe and jot down the things I´ve been doing and seeing. Travelling is like living in a world where there is no time, no dates and no technology. Old habits gradually disappear, and are replaced by only a handful of the […]

Cañon El Buquerón

Thursday, August 11th, 2005

Today I made a daytrip from Rio Dulce. In my Footprint guidebook I read about the things to do in the neighbourhood and came across a place called Cañon El Boquerón which was described as ¨impressive, you can swim with the current all the way down the canyon, which is brilliant fun. It´s a deep […]

Greetings from Guatemala!

Thursday, August 4th, 2005

I ended up staying in Caye Caulker for a full week. What a great place to chill! Ive done many more dives (including the world famous Blue Hole) and have seen so much underwater plant and animal life that I cant even begin to describe it all.
After five days on the island our four-person travel […]