Sorry for not posting so much. I feel like I do not have the time!
Here are some picuturs from my flickr account. Not very well organized. But you can see some of the stuff that I am upto.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25191067@N06/
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
April 8
So I was able to drive to Guatemala. It was pretty exciting. There is alot of new construction on the main north south highway CA1, as it is being expanded from a two to four lanes through some very rugged terrain. The day I did the drive from San Cristobal to Pana was very exciting due to the traffic, the road, and me not knowing where I was going.
Pana is the biggest city on Lago Atitlan, a large lake in a volcanic crater, very similar to Lago Majore or Lago Como in Northern Italy.
I did not enjoy Pana much though, so I promptly drove "back" North to Quetzaltenango, or Xela, as everyone calls it. I enrolled in Spanish classes here and have been working (sort of working, I guess) on improving my language skills. I succesfully climbed my first mountain (Talqulmulco) the highest peak in central america three times on two seperate trips to the mountain. The first two times I climbed the peak I did it with a group of friends and a guide. Of course, I got lost climbing down the mountain and ended up hitch hiking and taking buses for three hours to return to Xela. Oops. Thats what I get for being impatient and walking infront of the group. And for forgetting to bring the GPS. I have some very nice pictures of the mountain that I will post eventually. I returned to the moutain 4 days later, this time with some folks from my Spanish school and no guide. We summited the mountain just in time for sunset (it was not technically a sunset as it was foggy and we had very little visibility). Byron, one of the guys with me, had Shine on You Crazy Diamond on his cell phone and we played it as the sun set. Then it got very dark and what should have been a half hour climb down, turned into a two hour adventure (lost again, in the dark, in the fog... oops) before we got back to the fire.
Other than that things are muy tranquilo as they say down here. Alot of Spanish, some naps, eating too much, not too many adventures on the bike.
I will post more when I have more to say. Hope everyone is doing well!
Pana is the biggest city on Lago Atitlan, a large lake in a volcanic crater, very similar to Lago Majore or Lago Como in Northern Italy.
I did not enjoy Pana much though, so I promptly drove "back" North to Quetzaltenango, or Xela, as everyone calls it. I enrolled in Spanish classes here and have been working (sort of working, I guess) on improving my language skills. I succesfully climbed my first mountain (Talqulmulco) the highest peak in central america three times on two seperate trips to the mountain. The first two times I climbed the peak I did it with a group of friends and a guide. Of course, I got lost climbing down the mountain and ended up hitch hiking and taking buses for three hours to return to Xela. Oops. Thats what I get for being impatient and walking infront of the group. And for forgetting to bring the GPS. I have some very nice pictures of the mountain that I will post eventually. I returned to the moutain 4 days later, this time with some folks from my Spanish school and no guide. We summited the mountain just in time for sunset (it was not technically a sunset as it was foggy and we had very little visibility). Byron, one of the guys with me, had Shine on You Crazy Diamond on his cell phone and we played it as the sun set. Then it got very dark and what should have been a half hour climb down, turned into a two hour adventure (lost again, in the dark, in the fog... oops) before we got back to the fire.
Other than that things are muy tranquilo as they say down here. Alot of Spanish, some naps, eating too much, not too many adventures on the bike.
I will post more when I have more to say. Hope everyone is doing well!
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