Wednesday, 30 March 2016

Guatemala - Colour and peaks


 Streets of Flores
 View of the colourful shores from Flores, an island town

 Tikal Ruins

 View from atop Tikal ruins waiting for the last 2015 sunset



 Tikal ruins, view atop the jungle floor



 New years eve crew, surrounded by toucans - Will, Alice, Gus, Me

New Years Eve, we bought our own music. Alice's amazing voice, gus guitar, will on the bottle and me harmonica

 
 Semuc Champey pools
 Hammock hostel beds amongst the trees
 Tree jumping and float down stream, Champey

 Amazing chill out deck of hostel at Champey. Lots of tree staring and story time



 Adventure day in the caves, hiking, diving, and swinging


 Old school buses full of colour, bling and music populate the roads of Central America

 Antigua Markets, so many goodies

 Antigua markets. All the ladies in traditional clothing


 Streets of Antigua





 A days hike to an active volcano where marshmellows could be roasted from the ground. Shame I don't like marshmellows. 

 Volcanic mist

 Volcanoes in sight everywhere

 Antigua church

 Park that holds the night food market for delicious sandwhiches

 Antigua town, situated in a valley of volcanic peaks





 Antigua morning walks with a view

 Antigua Sunrise, the town shadowed by volcanoes 





 Marco's great grandsons birthday. Pinatas are very popular, this was a small one and they kept getting bigger with more candy! 

 Home stay - Maria our host making crafts at the breakfast table

 Maria our host and Anna my teacher

 Exhausted hikers on the way to the top

 Hiking views 


 Camp on the edge of the peak with volcanic views


 The most amazing camp site a top the volcano, above the clouds, surrounded my other volcanoes and freezing cold

 Much needed camp fires to enjoy the view




 The neighboring active volcano put on a small show of lava, because the night before it was exploding for hours.  We could see the lava burst high from the peak from Antigua town below.

 Sunset colours above the clouds 


 A further hike to the very top of the volcano at 4am to see this amazing sunrise.  However, not sure if it was worth the steep climb with altitude struggle and freezing winds.  The same view could've been seen from the warmth of the camp fire.  We made it though and my fingers surprisingly didn't fall off. 

 Sunrise

 Sunrise

 Sunrise over peaks of a different kind



 The hike back down

 Guatemala city


 Guatemala city

 Guatemala city- Che Guevara's local pub El Portal.  This place had rustic latino charm


 Guatemala city streets - not so grungy

 Classic Guatemalan women in colours and poise


Hip districts of Guatemala has some cool coffee shops, galleries, and graffiti
 


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