Reggie's parents and one of his sisters came to visit me. Pretty awesome right? Here are some photos from our adventures. It's safe to say I have the best In-Laws ever!
Selfie in Antigua!
Dinner in Antigua at Fork on the Hill! Good food and a wonderful view of the city!
Cassandra at Cayala!
Waiting to get our mani pedi
At Lake Atitlan relaxing pool side!
Hey Y'all! Can you believe I will be leaving here in a little over a month? It has gone by so fast! AND I am all booked up with visitors until the day I leave! It has been so awesome experiencing the city through each different person. Even though I have been doing the same things over and over again, it's a new experience every time!
Guatemala City has just about everything a major U.S. city has. Wal-Marts, Malls, Movie Theaters, tons of restaurants. I've been snapping photos while riding around town for you to see! I will post more pictures when I get them.
IHOP
WORLD GYM
WALMART
FAST FOOD
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| The cemetery. Graves are above ground here. |
Amber and I decided to check out Volcan Ipala on Monday. It is an active Volcano that is especially unique because there is a lake on top of it. Yep, an active volcano with a lake on top. Cool, right? Well we are calling this a once a Once in a Lifetime Volcano Hike because afterwards, we decided to NEVER do it again lol!
We were so unprepared for this hike. We had the wrong shoes on, the climb was extremely steep and rocky and somebody told us it would only take 30 minutes...they lied. We asked ourselves why in the world we decided to do this at least 10 times on the way up but once we got to the top, the view was beautiful! Definitely worth the sweat soaked clothes and sore muscles!
Funny Story- Guatemalans are not used to seeing black people. And when they do, they automatically assume that we are from Livingston, Guatemala. Livingston is on the Caribbean cost. It's where a slave shipped wrecked in the 1600s. (I will do a post about that later.) Anywho, this Volcano is out in the countryside of Guatemala...almost the equivalent of a hick town in Texas. The guide had so many questions about Black people and was just so excited to tell me that when he lived in the US for 3 years, he worked at Church's Chicken and they had a lot of Black customers. Lol!
| That's the Volcano! Our driver took us halfway up and we had to climb the rest. |
| View of the country side as we were climbing. |
This man let us ride his horse for a bit to rest our legs.
| Amber's first horse ride! |
| There was a weird pink substance in the lake. The tour guide said he had never seen it before in his life. Yikes, |
| Refecting and taking it all in. |
| Whew! We made it! |
| Our tour guide and one of his cows that was wandering the trail. |
If you check the Visitor Calendar you will see that I have back to back visitors from now until the 3rd week of Decemeber! Fun! This week I had my very first visitor here in Guatemala! My Godsister!
Our Itinerary:
Wednesday- Relax + Traditional Guatemala Meal
Thursday- Relax + Dinner in Fontabella (my hotel)
Friday- Visit Cayala + The Embassy Halloween Party
Saturday- Lake Atitlan + Antigua
Sunday- The Kite Festival (its a BIG deal in Guatemalan Culture. Ill post pics soon)
Monday- Climbing Volcan Ipala (A volcano with a lake at the top!)
Tuesday- Amber heads back to DC!
Here are some photos from me and Amber's adventures.
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| When she first arrived. Taking it all in! |
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| Trying to figure out the phone situation. |
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| Visiting the beautiful little city of Cayala. |
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| Watching the sunset at Cayala. |
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| On the way to the lake we passed by a small town that was full of culture. Women in the traditional dress and carrying baskets on their heads. Lots of out door markets and food stands. |
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| We made it to Lake Atitlan! We have our bathing suits on and are walking to hire a private boat. |
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| The locals enjoying the lake in this beautiful weather. |
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| Isn't this BEAUTIFUL? We took the private boat to a hotel that has a small restaurant and swim up bar. We could have stayed there ALL day. It was so peaceful. |
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| Swim up bar! |
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| Cheers! |
