We started our journey north toward the province of Peten and the well known mayan ruins in the area. We decided to break up the trip north with a stop over in the small town of Lanquin and it has turned into my favorite stop so far. The hostel is definately a major stop on the gringo-backpaker trail, which i could do without, but we have a private bungalow on the river so i cant complain. yesterday we went on a tour to the local park... semuc champey... a park not to be missed when in guatemala. The tour included a trip into a cave, jumping off idilic waterfalls, a steep hillside hike, 5 minutes of tubing in the river and a few hours of free time in beautiful limestone pools. I am a bit biased as floating in limestone pools is one of my favorite activities.
Today we are taking more time to relax, walk around the small town, sit by the river, lay in the hammock, try and practice some spanish because we start spanish school again on monday in San Andres, Peten. The lodge has done nothing for our spanish since everyone speaks english, even when i try to speak spanish.
enjoy the pictures, one of john and i at semuc champey, one of lake atilan, one of me teaching the kids in xela to be elephants!!!
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Wow. That looks and sounds incredible. Please enjoy for all of us remaining stateside.
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