Archive for July, 2009
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Pyramid Power
What a feast for the eyes this place is! We’re nicely settled into a little house beside the lake at the moment. The house has a name, “pyramid house” and it’s roughly in the shape of a Mayan temple. Any large volcanic rocks lying around were incorporated right into the walls; one particularly large boulder [...]
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Saturday, July 25th, 2009
The Hospitalito Atitlan
We met with the volunteer coordinator on Thursday and she showed us around the temporary hospital and also introduced us to everyone working there. It’s incredible what the doctors are getting by on in that makeshift hospital. The building used to be a backpacker’s hostel, but somehow, they made it work and created five beds, [...]
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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
Lake Atitlan, finally…
We spent the day busing it from Antigua to Panajachel on Lake Atitlan, where we hopped on to a speedboat for the hour trip across the lake to the city of Santiago. I don’t even feel like I’m in the tropics anymore. The climate is fresh and cool, mounds of volcanic rocks are sculpturally balanced [...]
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Sunday, July 19th, 2009
Antigua, Guatemala
The bus trip from Managua to Guatemala City was not as long as I had originally stated below. We actually arrived on Saturday morning, and not Sunday. We took the TicaBus, ‘ejecutivo’ class all the way up here, and it was well worth the extra dough it costs. It was almost like taking a plane: [...]
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
The Central American Boat Part Shopping Tour Continues
So, as you may have guessed, we still haven’t made it up to Guatemala. Sigh. Another small roadblock cropped up –namely, the renewal of our visas. It’s been three months since we sailed into the harbour of San Juan del Sur. Hard to believe, but it’s true. Nicaragua is part of the CA-4 agreement, which [...]
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
Guatemala Travel
Our travel plans are deteriorating, daily. However having googled travel advisories, it seems that Toronto, my home town, has topped the list of places to avoid this summer. How sad! I don’t know what’s worse? Crossing the honduran border or living with fetid, rotting garbage. By the way, Honduras is number two, according to this [...]
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Monday, July 6th, 2009
San Juan del Sur, NHL
Here’s a few shots of the rarely seen Nicaraguan Hockey League. The teams, consisting of a mix of expats and young Nicas, are contending for the coveted Stanley Duck trophy. They keep a somewhat irregular schedule, but managed to make an appearance on Canada Day with local kids running circles around the much less fit, [...]
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
El Golpe de Estado
We picked up our passports in Managua on Monday morning. Both of us look as if we posed for mug shots from some sweaty Central American prison, but hey, beggars can’t be choosers. At least we have legal travel documents now. As you may recall, we’re supposed to be on our way to Guatemala to [...]