Hola everyone, My apologies for such a lengthy delay to the blog entries. Anywho, after arriving in Antigua via 5 chicken buses from Mexico (what an adventure) I was home for the next 2 weeks with my host family, who are lovely by the way.  Ilse and Oscar have been my host Mama and Papa and both speak little English, but that was great for developing my Spanish. For anyone thinking of coming to Antigua, DO IT!!! it is an absolutely beautiful place, surrounded...

Hello hello, I arrived safe and sound in Antigua, whoop whoop, no burnt out buses or anything, one of the many horror stories that I heard before embarking on that particular journey. So  in Palenque I was told that I would be able to get a bus direct to Antigua from the Mexican border, this didn't turn out to be the case.  I had to get 5 separate chicken buses, which are basically the stereotypical american school bus, clad in crazy artwork and filled to the...