I drove to Lanquin today with a group of 25. When we arrived into town two young men rushed our vehicles and told us that our vans would not make it to Semuc Champey (our destination 9 kms beyond Lanquin). We should hire them to take us there. One of them jumped onto my ladder … [Read more…]
My buddy Shane decided to stop into Guatemala for 5 days on his way to Belize so I decided to take him and my family to Rabinal for the day yesterday. I had never been there before. Salamá is on the way, so we stopped in and walked around the central park. We got to … [Read more…]
This is the schooner my uncle just bought. My father is visiting him in Australia for the first time since his brother moved there in the early 70’s. They are going to fly up the east coast of Australia, fix up the vessel, then take a couple weeks and sail back down the coast. I’m … [Read more…]
Most number of my family together in years: 9 (Papa, Mom, Sister, Sister, Brother-in-Law, Wife, Son, Daughter, Me). Great to relax, eat, drink, and play with my family in a luxurious and beautiful place for a week. I am truly blessed. Visit number 5 to Tikal for me, visit number 1 for my sister Salomé. … [Read more…]
Last weekend we drove to Copan, Honduras (again) to show April, my sister-in-law some of the sights. I skipped out on the ruins and took care of Acadia during that time so Amber could spend some quality time with her sister. Then in the afternoon, we headed to the El Jaral waterpark. Yippee!! There were … [Read more…]
Besides the scabies that we have had a close encounter with in recent weeks, I have had the unique opportunity of sleeping with my son as we have been on holidays: 2 nights in Honduras and 2 nights in Antigua Guatemala. When we sleep in hotels, I am the designated sleep companion to Blaise and … [Read more…]
I am a French Canadian living in Guatemala, but currently weekending in Honduras, reading a British news site about the death of a Pakistani politician who was assassinated by her own countrymen or Saudi Arabs based in Afghanistan who used to be funded by the American CIA.
Facebook has this great game from TravelPod where you are quizzed on world geography and you click as fast and as accurately as you can on the map. For me, it’s completely exhilarating and I get a real rush out of trying to beat the clock and improve my score. I’ve been wanting to learn … [Read more…]
I’ve been really blessed to see a lot of the Guatemalan countryside (and neighbouring Honduras and El Salvador) over the past 2 years and on our trip 5 years ago. Some unique places include: Salamá & San Miguel Chicaj Tikal Flores & Santa Elena Lake Atitlan (and 5 towns around it) Pacaya volcano Copán Ruinas … [Read more…]
This little afternoon/evening trip marked the first time I had been anywhere new in Guatemala for a very long time. Vicky invited us to go to Salamá and meet her relatives and eat boshból. Salamá is the capital city of the department of Baja Verapaz. It is much hotter, cleaner, and prettier than our capital, … [Read more…]