Hi! Before I write what weve been up to we wanted to describe the daily events and objects that make our lives entertaining/miserable at the moment, to give a better picture of what daily life in Central America (or at least Guatemala) is really like. Firstly, The Showers; these appear, upon first glance, to be rather odd yet functional hot water bathing devices. Each hotel owner nods vigourously as we ask if there is Agua Caliente, but we now know this is a li...

firstly - this picture is a lie and is not from Guate at all, but having trouble uploading pics again. I am (partially) recovered from the most horrendous 48 hours of my life, im not sure what it was i ate/drank/touched/went near but it was pretty hardcore and tempted me to venture towards a hospital! Nurse Kate provided plenty of gatorade and advice to sleep and so i am nearly back to life. We didnt fancy a ten hour bus ride in one day so have come about a thi...

Hello everyone! I (Kate) am writing this blog as Matt is currently at death´s door with some kind of flu like illness...well maybe not death´s door but certainly not well! We left Antigua on Friday after our last Spanish lesson and made our way to Lago Atitilan. We now know a little Spanish but are still going to have to do some revising along the way and ask people to speak very slowly. The public transport in Central America consists of very old yellow Amer...

Hi! to set the scene; today we have spent the majority of the day clutching our bellies after eating something dodgy either yesterday or this lunchtime. And it has been raining a lot. and apparently there was an earthquake today, but i didnt notice as i was en el bano at the time.... But yesterday was one of the greatest days of our lives so we arent too worried, just less naive about the dangers of streetfood! Owing to the rain we have managed to get all our ...

Hola amigos! We are now in Antigua, Guatemala. Its such an amzing place. It used to be the capital of Guatemala until 1773 but then an enourmous earthquake destroyed most of its buildings, and rather than rebuild, Guatemalans decided instead to simply move thier capital city about 20 miles north. Antigua is now a UNESCO world heritage site, and is basically still the same size as a capital city would have been 200 years ago (we walked around the whole place this...