On the top of the world!!!
Door: Karen
10 Januari 2005 | Guatemala, Quetzaltenango
Well, maybe not of the world but I was certainly on the top of Central America!
Last weekend I hiked up the Tajumulco, highest volcano in Central America, 4220m high!
I know, I was supposed to do some meditation in San Marcos. But when I arrived there (with all my backpacks) I heard about this course they were going to do this week about esoteric studies etc. That sounded so interesting, so I decided to take that course this week. I went back to San Pedro (with all my bags again) to stay over, coz it\'s so cheap there. When I just got off the dock, this guy Gavin from Canada came to me and asked me if I was looking for a hostel, coz he was staying in a really nice one. But because his was at the other side of town, I chose to stay over in another hostel. Then he invited me for dinner with his friends. So that evening he cooked for us, really good Indian food and we went out to a bar where they were having a happy hour. So that night ended really happy with lots of Cuba Libres!!!
The next morning I decided to go to Quetzaltenango (Xela in Mayan), it\'s quite a big town in the mountain area of Guatemala. Beautiful people here, dressed up in traditional Mayan clothes!
The next morning I went with Dave(USA) to Fuentes Georginas, one of the natural hot springs in this area. The hotsprings weren\'t that hot actually and we went in when the sun was already gone. So yes, in the beginning we were shivering a lot, but because it was getting so cold, the people left the hot spring and we had the whole hot spring for ourselves!!! And when we found the holes where the hot water was flooding out, it wasn\'t that bad. So there I was, with this amazing cute, fun and good looking guy (with girlfriend...) keeping eachother warm with our bodyheat, having lots of fun, nope, I\'m not complaining at all!
The next morning I was kinda in doubt what to do, coz I heard about this 2 days hike to that volcanoon Saturday, really cool, but that would also mean that I wouldn\'t be on time for that meditationcenter course thing. In the end, I chose to do the hike. The good thing about travelling alone is that you can make decisions for your own, fast decisions and that you can adjust them over and over again!
The hike was a bit tough for me (guess I\'m a bit out of shape...), but really beautiful and rewarding. We arrived at 4.00pm at the basecamp. It was cold and cloudy, so in the beginning we thought we couldn\'t see the sunset. But suddenly the weather got better, clouds went away, so we rushed to the second highest top of the volcano and saw the amazing sunset. We were so high that the clouds were beneath us, I was feeling if I was on a plane again. Really beautiful.
The next morning we got up at 4.00am, hiked to the highest point, freezed our asses off up there and saw the amazing beautiful sunrise! Man, I never been this happy before to see the sunrise, I was sooooooooooooooo cold, but what an experience!!!
Today I went to the market in a village nearby, not really a big one, but the setting is beautiful. I love this mountain area, the people in the colorful traditional clothes, so I will be traveling around here somewhere and visit some other mountain villages.
Last weekend I hiked up the Tajumulco, highest volcano in Central America, 4220m high!
I know, I was supposed to do some meditation in San Marcos. But when I arrived there (with all my backpacks) I heard about this course they were going to do this week about esoteric studies etc. That sounded so interesting, so I decided to take that course this week. I went back to San Pedro (with all my bags again) to stay over, coz it\'s so cheap there. When I just got off the dock, this guy Gavin from Canada came to me and asked me if I was looking for a hostel, coz he was staying in a really nice one. But because his was at the other side of town, I chose to stay over in another hostel. Then he invited me for dinner with his friends. So that evening he cooked for us, really good Indian food and we went out to a bar where they were having a happy hour. So that night ended really happy with lots of Cuba Libres!!!
The next morning I decided to go to Quetzaltenango (Xela in Mayan), it\'s quite a big town in the mountain area of Guatemala. Beautiful people here, dressed up in traditional Mayan clothes!
The next morning I went with Dave(USA) to Fuentes Georginas, one of the natural hot springs in this area. The hotsprings weren\'t that hot actually and we went in when the sun was already gone. So yes, in the beginning we were shivering a lot, but because it was getting so cold, the people left the hot spring and we had the whole hot spring for ourselves!!! And when we found the holes where the hot water was flooding out, it wasn\'t that bad. So there I was, with this amazing cute, fun and good looking guy (with girlfriend...) keeping eachother warm with our bodyheat, having lots of fun, nope, I\'m not complaining at all!
The next morning I was kinda in doubt what to do, coz I heard about this 2 days hike to that volcanoon Saturday, really cool, but that would also mean that I wouldn\'t be on time for that meditationcenter course thing. In the end, I chose to do the hike. The good thing about travelling alone is that you can make decisions for your own, fast decisions and that you can adjust them over and over again!
The hike was a bit tough for me (guess I\'m a bit out of shape...), but really beautiful and rewarding. We arrived at 4.00pm at the basecamp. It was cold and cloudy, so in the beginning we thought we couldn\'t see the sunset. But suddenly the weather got better, clouds went away, so we rushed to the second highest top of the volcano and saw the amazing sunset. We were so high that the clouds were beneath us, I was feeling if I was on a plane again. Really beautiful.
The next morning we got up at 4.00am, hiked to the highest point, freezed our asses off up there and saw the amazing beautiful sunrise! Man, I never been this happy before to see the sunrise, I was sooooooooooooooo cold, but what an experience!!!
Today I went to the market in a village nearby, not really a big one, but the setting is beautiful. I love this mountain area, the people in the colorful traditional clothes, so I will be traveling around here somewhere and visit some other mountain villages.
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11 Januari 2005 - 07:49
Rikje:
Ha Karen!!! Dat klinkt echt super tof die vulkaan en dan die zonsopgang erbij! Ik hoop dat je foto\'s gelukt zijn... :) Ik heb zo mijn presentatie brrr.... Zondag ga ik skieen voor een weekje in de alpe d\'Huez, heb ik wel zin in! Tot snel! Liefs Rikje -
11 Januari 2005 - 09:01
Judith:
hee karentje! klinkt erg gaaf, weet hoe het voelt om op te staan in de ijs- en ijskou en dan zo\'n zonsopgang te hebben! veel plezier maar weer, liefs judith -
12 Januari 2005 - 17:00
Natalie:
Hey! You finally got to Xela then?! Its so lovely there. Fuentes wasn\'t too hot when we went either cos it was the end of the rainy season but it was fun. I had 2 guys :-P Lol. -
12 Januari 2005 - 19:38
Ruud:
Hey lieverd,
Dat zo\'n zonsopgang zo betoverend kan zijn dat je de rest eigenlijk niet veel meer kan schelen mooi is dat...
geniet er nog lekker van
dikke kus ikke -
13 Januari 2005 - 14:26
Josien:
hey karen! Gaaf man! klinkt goed die verhalen. ik ben inmiddels stage aan het lopen bij Haskoning... ook een heel mooi uitzicht over de Ooij-polder! :p en zelfs elke ochtend een zonsopgang (met/zonder wolkjes ervoor...;))
Veel plezier nog, geniet er nog maar even van want over een maandje ben je weer thuis...! -
16 Januari 2005 - 10:00
Wan Ying:
Kut, je verjaardag vergeten.... sorry!!!
Je hebt het in ieder geval wel leuk gehad.
Mijn kerstvakantie was niet zo spannend. 11 van de 14 dagen gewerkt en ook nog eens heel erg verkouden geweest. Nu alweer trouwens, ik denk dat ik binnenkort het loodje leg :)
Mooie foto van bovenop de berg met die wolken! Ongelooflijk, je zou bijna op zo\'n wolk willen stappen.
Oh ja, ik heb deze week toch nog iets interessants gedaan. Ik heb nou proefdierkunde en voor het eerst een rat mogen ontleden. Dus buik open, borstkas weghalen en op zoek naar allerlei organen. Dat was één van de leerzaamste practica die ik ooit heb gehad. De volgende dag hadden we een practicum Proefdieren hanteren, dat was best eng. We moesten allerlei dieren bekijken en vastpakken. Schattige konijnen en cavia, die heb ik niet opgepakt. Cavia\'s gillen als varkens als je ze oppakt. Ik heb wel een hondje, ratten en muizen vastgepakt. De ratten waren wel lief. Ik durfde ze gewoon aan te raken (met handschoen)!!! Maar muizen zijn echt verschrikkelijk om te pakken en te opereren, die zijn zo erg klein. Het zijn ook wel rotbeestjes hoor, ze springen steeds en daar schrik ik weer van.
Volgens mij hebben we maandag een moeilijk practicum, het is sowieso een zwaar blok voor mij, elke dag les van 9 tot 5 :(((
Jammer dat je zo laat pas terug komt, ik moet volgende week weer afdansen.
Doei!
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