Moving to warmer areas...
Door: Karen
20 Januari 2005 | Guatemala, Lanquín
Hey hey!
I´m back from the mountains! Two weeks ago I traveled with Leo and Leo, both tall, blond, from Austria to Todos Santos. That´s a mountainvillage near Xela, where almost all the men wear traditional Maya clothes. That was really funny to see, lots of red trousers with white stripes!
In the area was also the highest non-volcanic mountain of central america, so 1 Leo and I hiked up to there. The nature there is so completely different, beautiful! Taken a lot of pictures, too bad I don´t have a digital, you have to be patient...
In Todos Santos, there is a curfew. After 9.00pm nobody is allowed to go on the street (crime prevention), only tourists. But because it\'s not a very touristy place, it´s completely empty on the streets at night. I was walking home from a spanish school where I watched a documentary, and I really felt as if I was in ghosttown!!! I think I only saw 3 dogs on my way back...
At the hostel where we were staying, the three of us ate something wrong, coz we were sick the days after. Actually, 1 Leo went earlier to another place, but we saw him later, sick too! Hahaha, was kinda funny, sharing our shit- and pukestories really creates a bond!
We all saw eachother again in Nebaj, it was supposed to be this really beautiful mountainvillage where you can do some beautiful hikes. But the weather was so bad, cloudy, misty, really cold, so I only stayed there for a day and the next day we decided to travel together (again) to the next destination.
So the day before yesterday we arrived here in Lanquin in this great hostel El Retiro. The surrounding here is beautiful, the dorms are little cute huts, and the toilets are eco-friendly, haha! The first day we were here, we visited the caves of Lanquin which were really nice. We stayed until it got dark, stood in the opening of the caves and there were hundreds, thousands of bats flying out, ALMOST hitting us! Wow, that was cool!
The day after we went to Semuc Champey. First we went into some cave, swimming with a candle in our hands, doing some climbing etc. Was really fun! After that we went to this spot with little waterfalls, pools with clearly turquiose water, it was like paradise!
Tomorrow I will go to the Caribean coast.
I´m back from the mountains! Two weeks ago I traveled with Leo and Leo, both tall, blond, from Austria to Todos Santos. That´s a mountainvillage near Xela, where almost all the men wear traditional Maya clothes. That was really funny to see, lots of red trousers with white stripes!
In the area was also the highest non-volcanic mountain of central america, so 1 Leo and I hiked up to there. The nature there is so completely different, beautiful! Taken a lot of pictures, too bad I don´t have a digital, you have to be patient...
In Todos Santos, there is a curfew. After 9.00pm nobody is allowed to go on the street (crime prevention), only tourists. But because it\'s not a very touristy place, it´s completely empty on the streets at night. I was walking home from a spanish school where I watched a documentary, and I really felt as if I was in ghosttown!!! I think I only saw 3 dogs on my way back...
At the hostel where we were staying, the three of us ate something wrong, coz we were sick the days after. Actually, 1 Leo went earlier to another place, but we saw him later, sick too! Hahaha, was kinda funny, sharing our shit- and pukestories really creates a bond!
We all saw eachother again in Nebaj, it was supposed to be this really beautiful mountainvillage where you can do some beautiful hikes. But the weather was so bad, cloudy, misty, really cold, so I only stayed there for a day and the next day we decided to travel together (again) to the next destination.
So the day before yesterday we arrived here in Lanquin in this great hostel El Retiro. The surrounding here is beautiful, the dorms are little cute huts, and the toilets are eco-friendly, haha! The first day we were here, we visited the caves of Lanquin which were really nice. We stayed until it got dark, stood in the opening of the caves and there were hundreds, thousands of bats flying out, ALMOST hitting us! Wow, that was cool!
The day after we went to Semuc Champey. First we went into some cave, swimming with a candle in our hands, doing some climbing etc. Was really fun! After that we went to this spot with little waterfalls, pools with clearly turquiose water, it was like paradise!
Tomorrow I will go to the Caribean coast.
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20 Januari 2005 - 19:59
Gisell.:
Ja ja ik hoor het weer blauw water, watervallen je hebt \'t weer goed voor elkaar, hihi! Nou hier is het ook mooi weer, er is hier een hitte golf ongeveer 25 graden, dus wij mogen ook niet klagen!
Hier in Rotterdam gaat alles goed, deze week waren de beoordelingen en die waren goed dus....
Tot hoelang blijf je daar eigelijk, ik dacht dat je in januari terug zou komen? ik hoor het wel, nog heel veel plezier, kus Gisell. -
21 Januari 2005 - 10:19
Carolien:
Heej karen, sorry dat ik niet op msn reageerde, maar ik was naar jeltes afstudeerpresentatie! :) hoe het ging verteld hij vast zelf wel een keer. Ik zie dat je eindelijk wat foto\'s hebt toegevoegd, mooie foto\'s hoor.
Volgens mij ga je het hier maar een saaie boel vinden als je weer terug bent. Wij gaan ook op vakantie in februari, naar Vlieland. vast niet zo boeiend als jouw reis :)
Nou de groetjes maar weer,
liefs, -
21 Januari 2005 - 16:08
Ana:
hey karen! that\'s so cool that you sent to semuc champey...still have never made it there, after being in that country two times. and i am now getting notices that you\'ve posted a new update! except it\'s funny--i get like six at once! i guess it\'s making up for all those missed times... :)
have fun in livinston!
mucho amor,
ana -
21 Januari 2005 - 16:08
Ana:
hey karen! that\'s so cool that you sent to semuc champey...still have never made it there, after being in that country two times. and i am now getting notices that you\'ve posted a new update! except it\'s funny--i get like six at once! i guess it\'s making up for all those missed times... :)
have fun in livinston!
mucho amor,
ana -
21 Januari 2005 - 20:15
Anja:
Ik ben het vergeten, jouw verjaardag: gefeliciteerd achteraf!!!
Het klingt allemaal heel erg boeiend wat je daar meemaakt, doet en tegenkomt, aaan natuur mensen enz. de fotos van de wolken lijken op een grote golf - mooi! -
22 Januari 2005 - 07:55
Ruud:
Hey K,
je doet echt alleen maar leuke dingen daar he ik dacht dat je daar ook moest leren enzo en dan bedoel ik net leren duiken en klimmen en hoe je mooie foto\'s moet maken (als je ze dan ook nog op de site zou zetten...)
he have fun en geen mensne meer uit de bus gooien enzo he.... of meer van die rare dingen...
X -
23 Januari 2005 - 17:23
Rikje:
Ha Karen! Ben net terug van een weekje skieen in de Alpe d\'Huez, hele leuke tijd gehad! Maar wat een leuke verhalen heb jij zeg! Vast een stukje warmer dan hier of in France...
Liefs en tot snel, Rikje -
24 Januari 2005 - 13:34
Jelte:
Jaja zoals Carolien al verteld had ik vorige week mijn afstudeerpresentatie, en ik kreeg een 8 :D woei...
maar ik zat liever in midden amerika ;) -
27 Januari 2005 - 22:36
Marianne:
Hey karen!
Hoe gaat ie ermee? nog steeds goed naar je zin! jij maakt ook veel leuke dingen mee! en je foto's zijn ook echt mooi! Hier gaat t ook prima! wil nog niet weg! elukkig heb ik nog 6 maanden te gaan!:D
Hey succes overal mee!
liefs Marianne
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