Another week almost over and onto the next destination tomorrow morning. I am getting a chicken bus at 8am from here to Xela which is about 4 hours away. I think unless i find something i really want to do in Xela then il move on midweek to Monterrico and have a few days on the beach before i do another few weeks of spanish. My spanish is coming on well now, i just need to be more confident and take my time rather than trying to answer quickly and giving simple a...

Hey so been a while since my last blog and ive been here in San Pedro for a week already. We left Antigua early last sunday morning and got a chicken bus to Panajachel. It took about 3 hours. an hour into the journey my rucksack was taken and put on the roof and the way we were swinging round the bends and breaking really harshly, i thought itd be a miracle if my bag arrived. and it did. the bars held it in amazingly. so we got a boat over to san pedro la laguna ...

Hey so I have been up the infamous Guatemalan volcano Pacaya today. What an accomplishment. We got in the shuttle and was joined by 2 german guys and 4 norweigen girls then me and Kerry. It took roughly an hour, 15 minutes to get there and along the way the driver stopped at the side of the road and bought a loaf of bread that looked like a crocodile, its incredible. you must see the photo. Driver spoke no english so we translated for the guys inthe bus! So con...

Ok so we have had an interesting few days! Friday was the biggest day of celebrations for Semana Santa. We went out in the evening to the black cat hostel for dinner and drinks. was me kerry winston and carmen. we had 3 days off school cus friday was a complete public holiday for everyone so we had no Estela at the house too from thursday til monday. One of the guys who stayed here last week Omar left sunday so he threw a house party here Friday night. there was ...

Ok so last update for a few days as there is still no wifi at the house. keep being given excuses like havent paid the bill and now the banks are full. what ! haha. useless. but its not the end of the world. Wifi at school is so slow that i cant upload any photos cus itll take 2 hours for 50 photos. ridiculous! but hey. ITS SEMANA SANTA! holy week. the biggest celebrations are tomorrow. Its so mad here. they certainly know how to put a fiesta on. would never get...