Que Tal!! And so we headed for lake Atitlan, first stop the hedonistic lands of San Pedro, where traditional garments include: unwashed dreadlocks, rainbow coloured fisherman trousers, and Hula Hoops. After meeting up with some fellow postgraduates we hit the famous nightlife. This entailed lying horizontally in a bar, until being rudely awakened by a 50 year old sporting a pony tail playing the latest in eurphoric trance........Av it! Early next moring we all ...

Que Honda!! And so our time in Xela has come to an end. We have spent the last 3 weeks with our new 2nd best family (hi mums). We are now the proud godparents of music for the middle son Jimmy, and taking our parental duties seriously, we took him to his first live football match. The level of football was pretty dia , but the fireworks confetti, and big band versions of rocky kept us amused. We also took part in the family tradition of wearing rain macs during...

Saludos De Guatemala!!! So we succesfully completed our fist border jump, by in fact jumping two in one day! After catching Belize in all its glory through the window of a packed minibus we headed straight for the Deep forests of Tikal. We were dropped off in El Remate a sleepy town on the edge of a giant Lake and national park. Aside from the french hippies its awesome! We stayed at the Sunny Breeze Hotel with the legendary Umberrrrrrto (a Guatemalan version ...