Today we packed our big bags to have sent to a hotel in advance so that we can travel with just a day bag. We all went to meet and have breakfast at a local Bagel bar, apparently pretty good. I ordered my bagel and sat down and guess what type of butter they used, good old Anchor butter from New Zealand. After breakfast we carried on to start the big trip for the day, about 4 hours on different chicken buses and finished off with a 10 minute ride on a tuk-tuk. ...

Up this morning at 8am and went for orientation. We walked around a lot of places which I had already seen the previous day on my own, however it was a good chance to actually find out what some of those places were as well as see some other places I hadn't seen yet. A couple of others arrived this morning, Phyllis and Stephen, both from London (I think that makes about 5 or 6 from there), they both seem pretty easy going as well. About 4 of us had breakfast toge...

Arrived in Guatemala after about a 4:30 minute flight. I was able to get some sleep, however I got woken every hour or so with staff coming past asking if I would like something to drink or if I wanted breakfast. I'm actually quiet happy they woke my for breakfast, it was pancakes and peach flavoured yogurt, so yum. I was picked up from the airport and travelled over an hour to Antigua where I'll spend the first couple of days. It's a little uncomfortable at the ...