Even though I haven"t done anything huge lately I thought I would drop a quick line. I"m still in Panajachel, but I think I might be leaving soon, the only question is to where...? Hmm. Choices choices. But for now, two things. First: I am so very depressed to report that my camara and iPod were stolen last week and the worst part is that my camara had a good 300 pictures on it that I hadn"t burned onto a disc yet. So I lost everything that I hadn"t p...

Yes, yes, yes. I know. I always come back here to Panajachel. What can I say? I just love it here! After Tikal I went back to Coban for a day before taking that 5 hour bus trip back to the capital. That day in Coban was fun though, because I stayed at the same hostel as before and hung out with some of the people that I met there. I also took a tour of the coffee plantation there, La Finca Santa Margarita. Even though I don{t drink coffee, it was stil...

Wow, I was so on top of things for the first couple weeks of traveling. Then I totally dropped the ball as far as blogging goes. :) Its ok though because I{ve only done one really big important fantastic thing. (Before I go on, there is no apostrophe on this keyboard, it comes out like this: { just so you know.) Ok, last time I wrote I was in Coban. When I left, I caught a bus up farther north to Tikal, where there are massive Mayan ruins, but I{ll ...

So I last left my plans up in the air, with a possible change of itinerary taking me to Honduras. Well that change of plans changed back to the original plan and I finally (sadly) moved on from my dear Panajachel. I took a chicken bus (read: really crowded bus full of locals and the occasional animal) from Pana to Solola, Solola to Los Encuentros, and Los Encuentros to Guate(mala City) where I caught a cab to the real bus station. The cab driver was a nice guy...

Last time I wrote, I was in Chichicastenango which is a city in Guate that is famous for its gigantic market. And rightly so. The whole city center and all the little sidestreets where COVERED with tents full of fabrics and hammocks and mayan artifacts and who knows what other stuff I never even saw. It was absolutely mad with the venders calling out and others carrying their wares down the street on their arms and heads. But honestly, that was about the onl...