Antigua - Chichi - San Pedro

some more catching up but almost, almost there

just another little drawing in book. inspired by Voxtrot


and now inspired by Bill Watterson... it's Calvin & Hobbes. one of the most brilliant cartoonist... writers... artists

still out in El Garitón at this point in time

some of the little girls from village

a lizard that hangs around Chad's place in Antigua. cool scales on him/her

fireworks off in the distance. they love their fireworks in Guatemala. any reason to bring them out is used

the only photo i have so far of the famous arch in Antigua. Aurélie and Oriane from France and Kenny and Bree from Melbourne. Kenny and Bree are champs. go here to check out Kennys blog : http://captainlignoid.blogspot.com/ a good fun read

a church in Chichicastenango. a small town that comes alive on thursdays and sundays w/ it's market

praying and offerings outside yet another church in Chichicastenango, or Chichi as the locals call it

Anna and I in front of a mask market stall

a cemetary off in the distance in Chichi. cemetaries here in Guatemala are adorned w/ flowers (plastic mostly) and painted in bright pastel colours.

view from hostel out to the lake in San Pedro. Lago de Atitlán. stunning w/ its enormity and surrounding volcanoes. the actual lake itself was formed from a volcanic caldera

met Seth who runs a hostel in San Pedro who took a few of us to a swim area. had to cut through corn fields, down little dirt tracks and then over rocks but at end was cool clear water, sunny big rocks to lie on and this tree above. almost perfect.

saw some amazing fire-poys people. one of these two japanese guys is by far the best i have ever seen. and this one girl who was also amazing w/ them one of the hottest things i have witnessed as she danced, performed acrobatics and played w/ the fire.

you have to go through a labyrinth to get to a lot of cool places in San Pedrom so there are these signs around the area. w/ Anna yet again

Rumen, a spanish volunteer at another turtle park, was my travel buddy there. we ate at this tiny 'comedor' where you eat in the families dining room. they had lunch at the table next to ours

there was a guitar at the Buddha bar so i had to play it as we chilled there w/ our chai té

same view from our hostel. that is the Big Nose mountain on other side. can you see it? most local people in area speak their native language Tz'utuhil. girls that worked in hostel taught me how to say a few words... can't remember any. stunningly beautiful as well in their traditional clothes

another view around lake

two of the amazing poy guys practicing. hung out w/ them for a while as they were staying in same hostel. one sitting down w/ drum was the amazing one w/ the fire poys

some more people i met there and hung out w/. Jeff, Jill (both from USA), Renata (UK), me, Kake (USA and sitting) and Brocko and Ollie from France.

till next time