Laguna de Chicobal

This morning my friend Katie and I (and a group of people from her school) went to Chicobal, a volcano that has a lagoon. The trip was pretty scary. We took a bus up a dirt road through the mountains that I wouldn´t have driven without fourwheel drive. My personal favorite are the signs that post the prices... 1Q for children and locals, 5Q for nationals, and 15Q for foreigners. Then we hiked up to the lookout spot, and about 10 minutes after we got there Santaguito started erupting (no lava, just billowing smoke). It was really amazing! The other lookout ¨tower¨was over the laguna. Also, unbelievably beautiful! But scary too, as the lookout tower consisted of a few poles tied together with thin planks laid across, that weren´t even attached. There was a sign that said a maximum of 8 people were allowed on the lookout stand at a time. Then we hiked down to the Laguna which is sacred Mayan land. It shouldn´t have been that hard of a hike, but climbing back up from the Laguna was ridiculous because of the altitude.


Other miscellaneous thoughts on Guatemala:

It´s cold!!! Whoever decided to call this country the land of eternal spring should be shot.

The people here our crazy: I met someone who is currently in the process of forging a plane ticket in order to get a visa into Brazil.

I love my home stay! Dona Veronica is amazing and tells the best stories. One day I should dedicate a whole blog to her worst homestay guests ever (she´s been doing this for 11 years so she´s about seen it all).