San Pedro, Chi Chi & Lake Atitlan

Eventually got out of Antigua and headed north to Lake Atitlan in a shuttle bus (anything to avoid the lunatic chicken buses who make it a rule to only overtake on corners).

Had to stop a couple of times on the way up so that they could finish the road...which meant sitting on the side of the road. Of course the entrepreneurial Guatemalans always seem to come out of the woodwork at any opportunity to sell anything from hot fudge to chickens!


To say that drugs are freely available in San Pedro is like saying it´s easy to get a pint of Guinness in Dublin! That said it is a beautiful sleepy town on the volanic lake Atitlan and we got a gorgeous rooftop room in a hostel with a view on to the lake.









On Sunday we headed up to Chi Chi which has the largest market in Guatemala twice a week. It was pretty chaotic and the bargaining was hilarious...the street was full of pigs, chickens, beautiful illuminous textiles and materials.









Monday we started spanish school, which is $60 a week for one on one tuition in beautiful gardens looking on to the lake. Dave´s loving it...not! Well, he´s definitely trying more than I thought he would...he´s back in our room diligently doing his homework now! Headed out canoeing on the lake yesterday which was ok, heading in to rainy season here so it completely clouded over. The Caribbean it ain´t!