Our window in the new room faced East so the first sign of the new day began to brighten our room. It was only 5:30am but David got up to see if there would be a nice sunrise - it was nothing spectacular but good to be awake regardless. There was a real stillness on lake, it was flat calm and the slightest noise seem to carry for miles. As the sun continued to rise behind the mountains, more and more birds started to wake and begin their morning chorus which drow...

At breakfast, on the other side of the room, we overhead a Sottish accent amongst all the Canadian ones - we would have a chat with him later. Later in the day, we bumped into each other in San Pedro and had a quick chat. We quickly discovered that Gordon was born in Glasgow, was a Rangers fan and now living overseas - the same as David. Gordon had spent two years working in Auckland before moving to Canada, he was still in Canada 8 years later with his partner, ...

We had to pack our bags this morning and vacate our room, that was a bit disappointing but we did manage to secure a different room for the next 2 nights. The hotel is a bit unusual in that it advertises and describes each room individually and guests book the actual room number they want. This obviously causes a bit of chaos with people moving rooms even when only staying a few days, but in our favor it left one of the rooms vacant for us. Our bags were left ...

We decided to leave the curtains of our room open last night, we had no neighbors looking in and we wanted to see drawn break over the lake. We didn't quite mange the sunrise but when we woke the view from our bed was simply amazing...a flat, calm lake with the San Pedro volcano sitting behind. Before breakfast, David went snorkeling around the submerged terraces. The water was 22c, so warm enough to go in without a wetsuit but chilly enough to make you catch y...

We needed to find internet access to make sure our accommodation in Antigua was confirmed for next week. Semana Santa is the week long Easter celebrations in Spain and Latin American countries. Antigua, Guatemala, happens to be one of the biggest festivals in the world so securing accommodation was paramount. A quick glance in Lonely Planet showed that Atlas was just round the corner from where we were, it had free WiFi and served breakfast. Bookings were made ...