I treated myself to a good days sleep after the volcano-trekking on Acatenengan before I headed on to Lanquin to see the stunning scenery and bathe the natural pools in Semuc Champey national park. Since the public transport here in Guatemala is kinda tricky and slow, especially when you´re going up north, I ended up booking a seat on a shuttle. The shuttles aren´t that much more expensive than the public option, but i reckon I saved about half a day in travel-...

Antigua, once the capitol of Guatemala, is a beautifull town surrounded by lava - spitting volcanoes. The big backpacker draw to the region is partly the chilled out atmosphere, partly the gorgeous scenery and partly the easily accesible Volcan Pacaya. Pacaya is not the kind of volcano that spits aout heaps of lava in thunderous eruptions, but at times magma flows down the sides. It`s big brother Volcan Fuego, on the other hand, IS the kind of volcano that sp...

Trying to keep with the strict economical rutines we set in South America, I defied all advice and went for common public transportation when leaving Mexico. Not a very good idea. I ended up spending about 20 hours getting to Flores and there was alot of unpleasentness with taxi- and bus - drivers. The alternative, the tourist agency - shuttle, uses aobut 8 hours, pretty care - free and turned out to be only about 20-30NKr more expensive. Anyways, I arrived in Fl...