Our stay in Flores was short and sweet with possibly the cheapest beers we have come across on the trip so far.. 3 for 15 quetzals which is about £1.20!! We were introduced to a game called 'Three Man', which is an infuriating and addictive drinking game requiring only a pair of dice. We later tried to introduce this game to another group of people and utterly failed. Apparently it is only a certain few people who can understand the ever changing rules! The gi...

So day 1 at Lanquin we awoke to pouring rain. Great! We headed down to the main lodge for breakfast & an assessment of the situation. The hostel, El Retiro, was huge, several blocks of dorms & rooms located very picturesquely next to a large fast flowing river. We soon met up with Moz & Seeber & the rest of their new travelling group which had swelled to 11. We all agreed the only sensible thing to do in the rain was to go tubing. That afterno...

The next day we spent the day basking in the sun & exploring the beautiful lakeside. The place really was spectacular & pretty peaceful so we had a fairly chilled day before spending the evening at Blind Lemons Blues Bar, a very cool spot, where the owner played & regaled us with stories about guitars & blues legends. We had dropped a message to the Irish couple since they were staying in the same village, somewhere down the road. One of the peo...

Leaving the mansion behind we headed for Guatamala's former capital Antigua. The town itself is beautiful, with rows of cobbled streets & vibrantly coloured houses all basking in the watchful gaze of 3 volcanoes Agua, Fuego & Acatanango. We were staying at Julio's parents weekend home (again, how lucky are we?) which was beyond belief. Beautiful garden, numerous stunning guest rooms & tv's in each! We dumped our kit & went out to explore the tow...

After an early start a Dunkin' doughnuts & coffee breakfast set us up for the day, crossing the easiest border we had come across and finally getting to Guatamala! A week later than scheduled due to our minor scuba dive addiction, Marije and Julio picked us up from the bus station in Guatamala City and drove us to their MANSION! Reasons Marije & Julio are awesome: 1. They took us to a veggie restaurant (points with Alice) 2. They have a fully stocke...