Lake Atitlan

Finally got around to writing something about the visit to the lake!! Sorry for the lack of contact again, but I really have been studying hard which leaves no time to sit and write much on the computer. Yesterday I had 6 hours homework to complete!!

The weekend at Lake Atitlan was very relaxed, although the sun didn't come out until the Sunday. Watched a great sunrise (top photo) early in the morning. The lake is beautiful although still a little churned up from hurricane Stan in October. There was quite a bit of destruction in one of the villages around the lake called Santiago Atitlan, aswell as in some of the villages around Antigua. There are lots of reconstruction projects going on and the guy in the photo above (Mark) is volunteering with a Dutch organisation building houses for families who lost their homes in the hurricane.

We all stayed in a place called San Pedro which is so relaxed that we actually fell asleep in the restaurant on the Saturday night after our yummy asian food. The seats were big cushions and it was just too tempting not to lie back and have a quick nap!!

I will definitely go back to spend more time at the lake before I leave Guatemala, maybe on the otherside so that I can watch the sunset over the lake. Also there are some volcanoes here that need climbing so that will be on the next agenda.