Travelnotes: Guatemala 2000 + 2001 + 2002 + 2003

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align="bottom" width="439" height="28">       </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="c344b320.jpg" border=0 width="75" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1bfe3900.jpg" border=0 width="227" height="144" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="189db910.jpg" border=0 width="219" height="145" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="18bdb910.jpg" border=0 width="219" height="145" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Antigua, Arch.                         Antigua,Capuchinas              Antigua, Market</div> <bR> <div> November 2000 I went by UnitedAirlines via Washington and Los Angeles to Guatemala<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> City.An individual trip of Activity International programmed:4 weeks of Spanish lessons;4<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> weeks of volunteering and about 4 weeks to travel.Stand during this time: Antigua, a nice</div> <div> little town, built in Colonial  and Spanish  style.Living  with a  hostfamily  to learn faster the </div> <div> language and culture.Every day 4 hours private-lessons Spanish at APPE (Academia de</div> <div> ProfesoresPrivados de Español),at noon several activities like excursions,movies,salsa,</div> <div> lessons in gestures,conversation and extra grammar etc.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="116723c60.jpg" border=0 width="291" height="198" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="116927c70.jpg" border=0 width="295" height="199" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Host-family in Antigua  2001                                                                      2002</div> <bR> <div> Busy days especially to learn quick a lot of Spanish.There were a reasonable amount of </div> <div> Dutch people,Canadians,Scandinavians and a  little amount of Americans at  the school.</div> <div> Most people liked  to spend  the free-time together so nobody was feeling lonely. Every</div> <div> weekend there was a possibility to join some people on a roundtrip. </div> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="1c5e6980.jpg" border=0 width="230" height="152" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="bca8eb50.jpg" border=0 width="142" height="181" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="691f19b0.jpg" border=0 width="241" height="155" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>          Spanish at APPE             Antigua,  Parc                      Church  San Francisco</div> <bR> <div> Antigua has a lot of nice places.Many buildings have a patio with in the middle a fountain.</div> <div> The central park is the place to be,to meet other persons.In the park also there are a lot </div> <div> of Guatemalian people, who want to sell you all kinds of things like: belts, cloths, masks,</div> <div> jewelry, bags and other stuff. Goiing out in Antigua is possible in bars, the whole town is</div> <div> nice and cozy.<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="b7416890.jpg" border=0 width="278" height="137" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="11bbd08a0.jpg" border=0 width="208" height="138" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <img src="HTMLobj-2930/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="221" height="92">  </div> <div> The creditmatic pays out onVisa  and Mastercard.About 30 Internetplaces are giving you </div> <div> the opportunity to keep in contact with home.With the chickenbus you can easy and very </div> <div> cheap travel from Antigua to f.e.: Guatemalacity, Panajachel(LakeAtitlan),Chichicastenan</div> <div> go,Zacapa,RioDulce and a lot of interesting villages in the neighbourhood(San Juan,San </div> <div> Andres,Santa Lucia,San Antonio)For travelling to places farther on(PuertoBarrios,Flores,</div> <div> Tikal,Coban, Monterrico,Livingston) you better take a special bus for about 30 -50 Quetz.,</div> <div> because the special  bus  has more space and comfort. Also  travelling  from  Antigua to </div> <div> Honduras, Salvador, Mexico and Belize is easy to be done.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1c8dda30.jpg" border=0 width="221" height="163" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="1c9f8a40.jpg" border=0 width="248" height="164" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="1cae2a50.jpg" border=0 width="226" height="165" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Lake Atitlan                                         Chichicastenango, Church                       Chichi,Market</div> <bR> <div> Lake Atitlan is splendid to see and inspires you to philosophize.Many  hippies are walking </div> <div> still around  at Panajachel. A  trip along  the villages at  the lake is  nice and  relaxing to do.</div> <div> Around the lake 7 volcanoes and every hour of the day the view on the lake is different. </div> <div> Chichicastenango is famous for its market on thursdays and sundays.The prices are then </div> <div> fixed on dollars and bargaining  is less possible.That is why we went with 5 students on a</div> <div> saturday.On the market you can buy anything, but mostly the texture is beiing bought.Like</div> <div> everywhere in the mountains people wear their traditional clothing.The colourcombination </div> <div> tells us from which village they are coming.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="73e84c50.jpg" border=0 width="132" height="197" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="7423ec40.jpg" border=0 width="318" height="196" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="7437fc10.jpg" border=0 width="127" height="193" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">     <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="74459bf0.jpg" border=0 width="89" height="191" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT></div> <bR> <div> At saturday we succeeded in buying very cheap some nice articles.The Indian church was</div> <div> filled with people in traditional, colourful clothes.In  the morning  they offered fresh chicken-</div> <div> blood to the Gods. On the stairs of  the church were a lot of flowers,a kind of flowermarket.</div> <div> At sunday the market was no fun,because it was expensive and it was too crowded,so you</div> <div> could hardly walk and see.</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="12241e170.gif" border=0 width="30" height="23" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Another nice trip was by special  bus to Puerto Barrios  and farther by  a  collective boat to</div> <div> Livingston.It is about 5 hours driving from Guatemala City,but on the way they take a break, </div> <div> so you can stretch your legs and eat and drink.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1cfda9c0.jpg" border=0 width="218" height="156" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="1d0e19e0.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="158" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="11baef9e0.jpg" border=0 width="239" height="158" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Livingston                                                            Livingston                                     Livingston</div> <bR> <div> On the road you will see changing  the landscape from mountains to savannah to tropical </div> <div> rain-forrest. And also the vegatation is changing a lot. Livingston has another atmosphere </div> <div> as other places in Guatemala. Garifunas are living  here, a  kind of black people. To get in </div> <div> contact with the Garifunas it is necessary to take a local guide.Via narrow roads you enter </div> <div> their village and  can admire their different  huts  and cottages, with a lot of  green around. </div> <div> The people don't like to be put on photo.For  1 Q. you can buy  a " pan de coco", freshed</div> <div> backed, still warm. Upon a mountain  was the cabin of our guide, with an overview  of  Be-</div> <div> lize, Livingston and Honduras.His trip went on to a little river where we got into a canoe. </div> <div> After sailing quite a bit we arrived in the middle of the jungle. There we left the canoe and</div> <div> walked for hours in the jungle to a dry waterfall. Along  the palmbeach we walked  back to</div> <div> Livingston. All together we  went for more then 6 hours, we were exhausted but also very</div> <div> satisfied. In the evening we completed this day with a typical Garifunadinner: backed fish,</div> <div> with a  kind of  pancakes of rice, milk  of coco, green banana and mixed salad.Very tasty! </div> <div> During the dinner we had a live-concert of Garifunamusic. This was a very nice day!</div> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="1cec0930.jpg" border=0 width="192" height="147" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="116aae920.jpg" border=0 width="174" height="146" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="116bdc910.jpg" border=0 width="220" height="145" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  Rio Dulce  House            Rio Dulce    Well                       Rio Dulce     Bridge</div> <bR> <div> The next day we went by boat along the Rio Dulce.A beautiful river surrounded by jungle</div> <div> and steep rockfaces. It is crowded  with many birds. Cormorants and  white herons have </div> <div> their own island.There is one spot where  the water comes hot from the rocks and all the </div> <div> way there were many mangroves. The boattrip was very  relaxing  and nice. In the village</div> <div> Rio Dulce we took the special  bus back to Guatemala-city.</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="12251e170.gif" border=0 width="30" height="23" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> People who want to stay for a longer time as  three months in Guatemala  have to leave </div> <div> the country for about 72  hours in order to get  a  new  visa. Often  they went for a t rip to </div> <div> Honduras to visit  the  Mayan Ruiines at Copan, to combine  business with pleasure. By </div> <div> shuttle we went with 3 people to Copan. A  drive of six hours over rough mountainroads.</div> <div> The mountains  in Honduras  look  different, they are round at the top. Beside  the Maya-</div> <div> ruiines ,Copan has  two musea. I liked  a lot the artisticy of  the Estellas,Sculptures and</div> <div> Ornaments.Both musea give a goodoverview of the Mayan-culture at this place and are</div> <div> really worth visiting.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1eb84c30.jpg" border=0 width="132" height="195" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="79080c10.jpg" border=0 width="128" height="193" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="1e5bd990.jpg" border=0 width="189" height="153" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="1e3ca990.jpg" border=0 width="202" height="153" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                           </div> <div> Copan                   Copan                    Copan - Museum                    Copan - Museum</div> <bR> <div> After a culture-trip we travel  with 5 persons on a nature-trip.This time we go for a week-</div> <div> end by chickenbus in the direction of Monterrico,a little village at the Pacific-coast.</div> <div> From Antigua  to Monterricoyou have to take 4 chicken-busses and a boat to get there.</div> <div> The chickenbus drives a whole piece off-road and that is like an adventure.At Escuintla</div> <div> we had to take another bus and we succeeded in  transferring without loosing a minute. </div> <div> When we do need another transfer we have an offer to travel on by pick-up. For  5 Q.a </div> <div> person we take this offer to drive to the boat. And it was a lovely unexpected ride.</div> <div> By boat we go through the mangrove-woods to Monterico.Again a  pick-up offers us to </div> <div> take us to Hawaii, a turtle-project  we like to visit.We have supper at the neighbours for </div> <div> 10 Q. and walk at  night for some hours along the black beach, to watch the turtles and </div> <div> the turtle-eggs. It is a pity that we don't see any turtle or egg. But we may release baby-</div> <div> turtles of one day old.And that is a nice feelingSunset and sundown is a fantastic sight </div> <div> at this Pacific, black beach.On the black beach you can hardly walk during daytime,the </div> <div> sand becomes  too hot. In the shadow you meet  a lot of mosquito's and during day - </div> <div> and night-time they will terrorize you. The way back was no uproar.</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="12261e170.gif" border=0 width="30" height="23" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1d8eb9b0.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="155" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="11b9e99a0.jpg" border=0 width="233" height="154" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="1d9e8990.jpg" border=0 width="232" height="153" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Monterrico - Beach                                Monterrico - Hawaii                   Monterrico-sundown</div> <bR> <div> With a special bus we visit Coban.On our list places to see: Champey,Languin,the river</div> <div> Cahabon and a biotope.With a guide we drive by jeep into the mountains.Narrow,steep</div> <div> little mountainroads with a  lot of knobs and bubbles, the panorama is magnificent.The</div> <div> mountains contain a tropical forest and it is very misty and so nice you could look at this</div> <div> and enjoy it for hours.You think you are in another world .The caves of Languin and also </div> <div> the waterfalls of Champey are likea fairytale.The water of the river has a beautiful colour.</div> <div> This is an impressive and very nice landscape!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1cce8990.jpg" border=0 width="232" height="153" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="11b8e99a0.jpg" border=0 width="233" height="154" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="1dee99a0.jpg" border=0 width="233" height="154" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Coban - Champey                                   Coban - Mountains                 San Andres - Church</div> <bR> <div> One of the school-excursions went to San Andres. In a  kind of Indian Church you could </div> <div> offer money and alcohol,coloured candlles were lighted for  love,hapiness,health or the</div> <div> opposite. With a  twig you could blow  the angry ghosts.Another village in the neighbour-</div> <div> hood  of Antigua is  San Juan de Obispo. At this village I also took 2  weeks of  Spanish </div> <div> lessons at Appe.Doiing your lessons with a view of the valley with  Antigua and surroun-</div> <div> ded by three volcanoes is extremely nice.One of the volcanos,The Fuego is active and </div> <div> from the school you have a good view . In the month of December there are a lot of </div> <div> processions and festivals in San Juan.On New-yearseve there  is a very big procession </div> <div> and whole the village is active by making a beautiful  carpet of flowers, pineneedles and</div> <div> coloured sand.The procession goes over the carpet and ends high in the village. With a</div> <div> gigantic firework  the procession ends.At last El Toro, a man with firework on his head is</div> <div> running after the people, and they try to escape from this danger by running.</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="12271e170.gif" border=0 width="30" height="23" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1dfe99a0.jpg" border=0 width="233" height="154" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="1f2e99a0.jpg" border=0 width="233" height="154" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="1e2e6980.jpg" border=0 width="230" height="152" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> San Juan                                                                      San Juan                                San Juan</div> <bR> <div> Chantal and I went for a week to Salvador by special bus. We wanted especially to go to </div> <div> enjoy the beach and the Pacific. The capitol  of Salvador made a positive impression.By</div> <div> chickenbus we drove in the direction of SantaTecla to transfer after a half hour to another</div> <div> chickenbus  to Libertad ( a small seaside place with few hotels ). We found a cozy  hotel </div> <div> about two minutes walking from the beach. Other guests were mostly surfers.The beach</div> <div> in Libertad was grey and very quiet and the waves of the Pacific were very high.After two</div> <div> days of cooking in the sun it was time to leave. We decided to go to  Sonsonate to make </div> <div> some trips around Salvador.During a walk to a volcano we were caught by an earthquake.</div> <div> We did not know how to react properly,should we go up or down the mountain?We could</div> <div> hardly keep standing on our feet on  the rolling earth, while big stones and  landslides fell</div> <div> around us. We were  in shock. On the way  to our hotel  we saw many destroyed  houses </div> <div> and  mournful  people. Just a little bit later we  realized that we had had a chance to die in </div> <div> an earthquake and that we had a lot of luck by surviving it.The whole country was one ruin </div> <div> and we were in shock,so we went fast back to Antigua.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1dce2950.jpg" border=0 width="226" height="149" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="1dde2950.jpg" border=0 width="226" height="149" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="1dbe2950.jpg" border=0 width="226" height="149" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   </div> <div> Libertad - Beach                                        Libertad - Pacific                      Izapco -  Mountain</div> <bR> <div> The last trip I did on my own to Tikal and Peten by plane.Tikal is also a highlight because</div> <div> of  the combination of Maya-ruiins and Jungle. Especially for  fowlers  an  excellent  spot.</div> <div> With guide and a group we walked from one temple to another via paths winding  through </div> <div> the jungle. A lot of walking, admiring and  hearing in the moisty heat of the jungle. You are</div> <div> amazed of the giant buildings of the Maya-culture.However the artistic qualities of altares </div> <div> and estellas are here less present than those in Copan.The accent here lies more on the</div> <div> pyramids. The next day I  went  again  to enjoy everything in my own time and  way. After </div> <div> that I  travelled  to Flores, a tiny little village on an island in the Lake of Peten. The visit  to </div> <div> Flores took about 15 minutes and than I  had seen all and had enough of it. Spontaneous </div> <div> I decided to take the bus to Belize the next day .An unexpected  experience!!On the way</div> <div> toBelize I have seen  many pieces of burned down jungle,miserable huts and many poor</div> <div> dressed children.At this road the busses are attacked regulary and now I understand why!</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="12281e170.gif" border=0 width="30" height="23" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1e1e2950.jpg" border=0 width="226" height="149" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="1f37ab90.jpg" border=0 width="122" height="185" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="1f47ab90.jpg" border=0 width="122" height="185" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="1dae5970.jpg" border=0 width="229" height="151" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Tikal - Grandplaza                          Tikal  - Ceiba     Tikal - Pyramid                      Peten - Lake</div> <bR> <div> In Belize you really get that Carabean Feeling over you. The people  are very friendly and</div> <div> relaxed. Striking is also the presence of many various butterflies. When I wanted to eat at </div> <div> 1.30 pm in a restaurant,the cook had already left so it was impossible to order dinner.The </div> <div> other restaurants were closed. Very relaxed!!!The village I visited at Belize was San Igna</div> <div> cio,nice but not very special. To return to Guatemala I had to pay 20 B-Dollar and also 20</div> <div> Q.The personnel at the bus from the border to Flores was stoned and very annoying and</div> <div> and the relief was shooting with his pistol out of the bus a couple of times. Adventure???</div> <bR> <div> Guatemala is a very varied country qua people,climates,nature and culture.It is a fantastic</div> <div> country to live, work, study and travel.I can recommand it to everybody !</div> <div>  <center> <table> <tr> <td align=right> <font face=helvetica> <a href="http://books.dreambook.com/lsparwer/english.html">Read</a> my Dreambook!<br> <a href="http://books.dreambook.com/lsparwer/english.sign.html">Sign</a> my Dreambook! </font> </td> <td> <a target=_top href="http://www.dreambook.com"><img src="http://buttons.dreambook.com/dbnow.gif" width=88 height=31 border=0 alt="Dreambook"></a> </td> </tr> </table> </center>  </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="678" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 25 WIDTH="319"><div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > <img 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border=0 width="224" height="157" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Because I did like my first Guatemala-trip very much, I decided to return  in the summer</div> <div> of 2001. Most of my time I  was studying spanish in Antigua and living between the local</div> <div> people.I became a regular churchvisitor,had some incredible miraculous religious expe-</div> <div> riences and became also an admiror of several people of  the Fraternidad International </div> <div> de Hombres de Negocios del Evangelio Completo. (FIHNEC) I was invited to their </div> <div> special breakfastmeetings at  the Pollo Campero in  Antigua and experienced the spirit</div> <div> of this organization. More information about  <A HREF="informatie_over_guatemala_fihnec_1_1_1_1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="INFORMATIE GUATEMALA / INFORMACION DE"><U>FIHNEC</U></A> at the chapter religion on another </div> <div> page. I spended a lot of time with the students of the spanish school Appe and made a</div> <div> lot of new friends. My purpose to live more the daily Guatemalan life succeeded . I was</div> <div> invited to a first communion, a wedding, some birthdays and  a diploma-party.  With  my</div> <div> beloved professor I travelled a little around to Guatemalacity,the Lake of Atitlan and the </div> <div> Mayan ruiins of Iximché. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="c5ec1850.jpg" border=0 width="193" height="133" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="c60c0840.jpg" border=0 width="192" height="132" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="c62c0840.jpg" border=0 width="192" height="132" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><IMG SRC="c6450500.gif" border=0 width="80" height="80" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT></div> <div> <B> partytime                                                                                                     family-visit                                                    candybattle                logo FIHNEC</B></div> <bR> <div> In Guatemala City we visited  the Palace, the Cathedral  and  the map of  Guatemala in </div> <div> relief. Walking around in the city was fun. We enjoyed the pastry and had a good dinner </div> <div> together.A nice way to get an impression of citylife in a metropol. There is an incredible</div> <div> amount of traffic.And every minute busses are passing by. In the shopping streets quite </div> <div> a lot of walking people.A lot of the merchandise is presented on the streets and it is not</div> <div> easy to walk fast.They say that Guatemalacity is cheaper to buy things then Antigua,but</div> <div> that is not always true.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="c56c6880.jpg" border=0 width="198" height="136" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="c585e890.jpg" border=0 width="94" height="137" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="c5ac6880.jpg" border=0 width="198" height="136" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="c5cca8a0.jpg" border=0 width="202" height="138" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">                  </div> <div> <B>Guatemalacity                                                                      Palace                                                           Relief map                                                  14-08- 2001</B></div> <bR> <div> A  second trip was to the coffee-museum Jocotenango, a modern organized museum</div> <div> of  history of costums  and  music of  Guatemala.Everything was installed realistic and</div> <div> gave an  impression of special occacions like a marriage or harvesterhome. An audio-</div> <div> visual view gave the development of music in  Guatemala, especially the marimba got  </div> <div> lot of attention.At last an educational tour to learn everything to know about coffee and </div> <div> it was an excellent presentation and explanation,really well done.The other trips to lake</div> <div> Atitlan and Iximché were more like enjoying silent  nature and family meeting at  a farm</div> <div> in Tecpan.The lake stays a kick to see and  to experience.This time we went by boat to</div> <div> San Antonio and San Lucas.Beautiful panoramas and a very nice friend does a person</div> <div> a lot of good.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="c4ea7730.jpg" border=0 width="167" height="115" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="c50a7730.jpg" border=0 width="167" height="115" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="c52ab750.jpg" border=0 width="171" height="117" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="c54ac760.jpg" border=0 width="172" height="118" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>  Lake of Atitlan                                                                        San Lucas                                                        Iximché                                                  Iximché</B></div> <bR> <div> Iximché too is a  nice place to go for Mayafreaks. Situated on  a mountainslope hidden </div> <div> in the vegetation you can find the ruiines close together,most like grassmountains.Quit </div> <div> different from Tikal.The spot is well hidden. It is silent and very peaceful  and feels like </div> <div> heaven.After this fine trip we walked down the mountain toTepcan for a family-meeting.</div> <div> The family lived in a little house on  the ground of  a very big farm. First getting used to </div> <div> the fact of one room with table and chairs, a barn.View on the meadows with cows.The </div> <div> cows have an extremely nice shelter with nice flowers.Other  animals at  the farm were</div> <div> horses, pigs, goats,rabbits ,chickens. The farm had  also a slaughter-house.I am sorry </div> <div> to have witnessed the slaughter of a big pig. Not electric, just  beaten by a big wooden </div> <div> hammer and after that cutting his throat.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="c48de990.jpg" border=0 width="222" height="153" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="c4ae19a0.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="154" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="c4ce09a0.jpg" border=0 width="224" height="154" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Tecpan                                                                Ruiins of  Iximché                   Family-visit</div> <bR> <div> When I think back, I still hear the pig scream! In a gigantic barn there were thousands </div> <div> of chickens, has the bio-industry also arrived in Guatemala?? But the family was very </div> <div> nice and hospitable and we had a delicious meal. It was a fine journey anyway.</div> <div> Because it was possible to take a weekendtrip at school,we went  with 7 students by</div> <div> minibus to Monterrico.Our place to stay was Hotel Mangles  at  the beach.Next to our</div> <div> hotel was a reservation of iguanas,alligators and turtles.And we had a swimmingpool! </div> <div> Well situated,quiet,but to consume food and drinks you had to walk 15 min.on the hot </div> <div> black sand. It gave some trouble,when we wanted to have dinner in a local restaurant </div> <div> with 9 persons together, because there was only one cook.But in no time the openair</div> <div> kitchen was filled with helping hands and after 11/4  hour everything was on the table. </div> <div> Inbetween I  had consumed about  11/2 liter of Gallo.Finding  the wc was like playing </div> <div> maze. Finally 2 cabins with a curtain and only a wc-pot with the aged dirt and a bucket </div> <div> with water.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="c36a3700.jpg" border=0 width="163" height="112" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="c38ae710.jpg" border=0 width="174" height="113" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="c3aa7720.jpg" border=0 width="167" height="114" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="c3cb0730.jpg" border=0 width="176" height="115" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B> Hotel  in Monterrico                                                                     Beach                                       Lagune with mangroves                           Reservation</B></div> <bR> <div> Because I am crazy about fish and shrimps I ordered them both.And it tasted delicious!</div> <div> I had  2 days of diarrhoea, but that was no problem, I can handle that.Our intention was: </div> <div> Just a relax- weekend at  the beach,doiing nothing,swimming,getting some sun and do</div> <div> homework for the spanish classes.Also the possibility to do turtlewatch at night.The re-</div> <div> servation next to the hotel was a little primitive and it was clear that  there was no money</div> <div> to do better.They even  asked  to take 2 alligators with us, because they had no money </div> <div> left  to feed  them.An exciting trip we did  by  boat  through the lagune  with mangroves.</div> <div> We had to play early birds to see a the birds.The boat  was moved on musclepower of </div> <div> a woman.The mangroveforest is  a reservation.A  lot of  wood has been disapeared for</div> <div> cooking and  housebuilding and now the mangroves are in  a  protected area.The man-</div> <div> groves  have  an important  task to filter the salted water into sweet,so it  is for the water</div> <div> and  birds sake that  they have to stay alive. A nice trip over  the water  with  the view  of </div> <div> many birds  and flowers. A canal  was as  wide  as our boat and  it was fun  passing this </div> <div> small canal.The backway was also a happening.The road along the coast goes through </div> <div> little villages,so you see a lot.  At  the end of  the road you go with  the bus on a boat  to </div> <div> the other side of the lagune. 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