It's been go go go since i met with the group on Friday night so i treated myself to a rest day today. I have been up at 6.30 every day, 5 yesterday so it was such a nice treat to read in bed this morning until 9. I am on holiday after all! Our group is young and lively with some real characters! We set off at 6 on Saturday morning for a 6 hour bus ride to Rio Dulce on the north east side of Guatemala. Our bus was definitely the lively one , we never seemed to st...

On a lighter note, the town lost in time has a well organised 'Ladies night' which we sampled on Wednesday night, 30p cocktails! Girls you are missing nothing!most of the guys were about two feet smaller than me so its a definite no go territory!I'll have to wait to sample tall dark and handsome further south! Tomorrow the tour adventure starts..

It's been a very varied few days. I went to an interesting presentation tuesday evening about the establishement of Women's Co ops to provide financial and emotional support to groups of women in remote rural villages. Hand crafts are an important means of capturing and preserving their hertiage and at least it provides women with an alternative source of employment rather than slaving on the land. Three women from one of the co ops came to speak which was very b...

Yes, i think i would describe yesterday as abit of a hike... an understatement, it nearly killed me but as you can see from the photos it was well worth it. I don't think I had any realisation what i was letting myself in for. Antigua is surrouned by 33 volcanos with 3 still active. About an hour from Antigua is the Pacaya Volcano. We were informed at the bottom that we had about an hour an half walk up to where the lava was, alittle hilly but it would soon level...

and so the blog begins again. I was very excited writting my first blog this afternoon, well not so exicted as feeling efficient when suddenly the whole thing dissappeared and i couldn't bear to start it again so here it goes again! it has been a really nice first day in Antigua. After an 11 hour flight, a tasteless pasta for lunch followed by no more food by 8 hours.. you know what i'm like without food i arrived safely and excited in Guatemala city at 6 yesterd...