Today we used as a chill out day (well...almost). After breakfast we took a walk into town but it didn´t turn out to be very successful or nice. There is no ATM in Lanquin so we headed to the bank to see if we could take out money over the counter with our passports and cards...no luck there, which meant we couldn´t stay as long as we had hoped as we needed to get somewhere to get some cash. Also, as we were walking around we got the distinct impression that w...

Today we took a beautiful car journey from Coban to Lanquin through the mountains and after the cool climate of the highlands it is quite strange to be back in hot and humid weather...we can definitely put away the thermals for a while! When we arrived in Lanquin we decided to head straight up to Semuc Champey as the bus was going there anyway and the thought of swimming in some nice cool pools was very appealing after a hot bus journey. Semuc Champey, as you ca...