Lake Atitlan - San Pedro La Laguna

Next stop was Lake Atitlan. Roughly a 3 hour bus ride from Antigua.....The bus ride in was a bit dicey at times with very tight hairpin bends, and very narrow steep roads (all at once!). The lake is very beautiful all the surrounding mountains are volcanic and they reach right down to the lakes shore. The Lake is 300 meters deep in some spots, and 8km by 18 km's (a big Fn lake). We stayed in a little hippie town called San Pedro La Laguna.

We took it pretty easy for most of the time, on the second morning we hired some kayaks for a few hours. About a 45 minute paddle away just next to a place called San Marcos there was a platform built into some rocks from which you could jump into the lake. So we paddled over and went for a swim. The platform was around 10 meters high, the water was very deep, you had to be careful jumping in or bits would sting....

Hew jumping.....aaaaaaaaghhhhhh....

The next morning, much to Hews' dismay, we went on a horse ride. The ride took us through jungle, mountains, a coffee plantation, and down to a nice 'beach' (more swimming). It was fun, lucky the horses new where they were going as Hew isn't exactly a jockey and our guide was all of three foot tall and 10 years old (Andreas). On our last night we headed to a bar and played some pool. After a couple of games we were introduced (whether we liked it or not) to an extremely drunk regular. He hails from Florida, but lives in Guatemala and was absolutely wasted. We played a few rounds of pool for shots of Tequila, Nester was quite the pool player even when he could barely walk straight.

"Nester" and Hew post match celebrations....

During the night (thanks to possibly a dodgy taco stand, the tequila or bad curry) we both proceeded to have a "few" gastrointestinal issues (yuk!)....The bus trip back to Antigua the next day was not fun, but we made it...Tomorrow we are off to Lanquin.