I stayed on Lago de Atitlan from December 20th to 30th 2018. Lago de Atitlan is a large lake ringed with volcanoes and mountains. There are towns dotted all around, linked by both roads and regular lanchas (small boats). It is a very popular tourist spot with the most popular towns being San Pedro La … Continue reading Lago de Atitlan →

I have re-started writing these travel posts, almost a year after returning from the trip. My memory is a little fussy so these posts will mostly be mis-remembered timelines and context for photos. The time I'm describing here took place December 15th to 18th 2018. Hopefully they are still enjoyable! After Kate returned from the … Continue reading Semuc Champey and Lanquín →

I arrived in Rio Dulce on December 7th to find Eric, Katie, and Jessie waiting for me at the bus stop. Our plan was to spend a few days on sailboats on Lago de Izabal, the large lake that feeds the Rio Dulce. Katie and Eric had previously spent a month volunteering on the boat … Continue reading Sailing on Lago de Izabal →

We woke up at 5:00am on December 5th to catch the shuttle to Tikal. Tikal is a massive ancient Mayan ruin comprised of dozens of buildings. The area accessible to tourists is around 20 square kilometers. People lived there for hundreds of years before the collapse of the Mayan civilizations. The shuttle got us to … Continue reading Tikal and Flores →

On the morning of December 2nd Leane (the owner of the permaculture farm from my previous post) drove us to her friend Miguel's house. Leane hires Miguel's brother to do construction work around her farm and she is familiar with the family. Miguel is a Mayan man living in a small Mayan village. Jessi and … Continue reading Belize →

We woke up early on November 27th, in Livingston, Guatemala, to catch the 8:00am boat to Punta Gorda, Belize. We were scheduled to spend a week helping on a permaculture farm in the jungle near Punta Gorda. The boat was a lancha, nearly identical to the one we took down the Rio Dulce. Needless to … Continue reading Permaculture Farm in Belize →

As with previous posts I am uploading this well after the events occurred. I arrived in Rio Dulce in the evening on November 24th, we left Livingston on the morning of the 25th. I have left Antigua! After roughly a week and a half in expensive, clean, tourist friendly Antigua it was time to go … Continue reading Rio Dulce and Livingston →

Acatenango was a difficult and often unpleasant hike. While I managed to take some incredible photos and saw some even more incredible things in reality I was not enjoying myself for much of the trip. In the end it was a worthwhile experience but not an easy one. Acatenango is a volcano near Antigua, Guatemala. … Continue reading Acatenango →