During the week off that the schools here take to celebrate independence from Spain we did a rather brief 8 day trip to Guatemala. Our first night was spent in Guatemala City in a 5 star hotel which was a sharp contrast to our volunteer share house. It had hot water, buffet breakfast, upside-down umbrellas hanging from the roof of the lobby and those cool glass fronted lifts.
The luxury didn’t last though, the next night was spent “sleeping” on the bus to Flores. The next day we just chilled in the small town of El Remate, went for a short hike in the national park, saw some nice lookouts over the lake.
Then came Tikal which was, along with Semuc Champey, was my favorite part of the trip. We hired a guide who took us around to all the best bits of the site and told us plenty of Mayan history and also the history of all the various restoration projects.
Got back to town around 3pm and spent the rest of the day lounging beside the pool. Bel decided to try a cocktail that she’d never heard of before (a Michelada) turns out is was beer with Tabasco and Worcestershire sauce, not such a winning combo!!!!
