Jungle was pushing in, and here it is. In. On. Around. Jeeez. We spent another 10 hours on a bus from San Cristobal, and arrived at this fog-covered lake 3 days ago. It`s ridiculous to me to think that at one time, not so long ago, we were surrounded by ocean and suffocating heat. Now we dodge daily jungle downpours, and can´t sleep past 7 because of the birds (they literally sound like car alarms and screaming babies). We`re currently spending our days in a town on Lago de Atitlan called San Pedro de la Laguna, a slightly dirty but homey little town with lots of hippies and good, cheap food. And cheap rooms. Like 12 dollars a person for four nights. I mean jeez...that`s almost India cheap...almost.
So what do we do here? Honestly, not much, which seems to be the general attitude of San Pedro. I´m sure you´re all shocked to discover that we enjoy doing "not much", very much. Hammock swinging, guitar and drum (Marcus purchased a hand-made goat skin drum yesterday) playing, eating , lake watching. That´s how our days are filled here. Although we really would like to hike one of the three surrounding volcanoes, the stories we´ve heard about muggings and worse on the paths have deterred us from that plan, which we´re just fine with as far as I can tell - I think we get enough excercise walking to the bathroom in this altitude.
We´re planning to leave here tomorrow morning, and make our way to Antigua by the afternoon. Antigua sounds nice, still surrounded by jungle but a bit cleaner. We´ll only be there two days though.
Also we were all very happy to hear about Obama taking the Oregon primary (though I was stressing just a little bit the day before) and I have to admit that I wish I´d been there for the rally! Gotta love Portland.
So obviously spending our time doing nothing makes for some less than exciting blog entries, but we´re all thoroughly enjoying ourselves and missing Portland just a little bit!
Off to scratch my bug bitten ankles,
Kato
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Just because I think my blog needs to be a little more decorated, here are some things I really like: glass jars, vegetable gardens, baths and bath tubs, champagne, clean kitchens, notecards, darkrooms, coconut oil, tattoos, dinner parties, soft skin, guitars, music that makes my skin prickle, books that make my stomach flip, basil, eating outside, French, my Tea Tiger (and his accomplice Mr. Bento), antiques, water and all things water-related, surprises, gluten-free living, exfoliation, pickles, old leather items, medical encyclopedias, farmers markets, perfectly-timed witty comments, fresh ground black pepper, people who dance shamelessly at concerts, ancestors, exercise, soft and silly animals, goof balls, dryer air, marijuana, new notebooks and smooth pens, meditation, tap dancers, floor plans, peanut butter chocolate anything, learning anything about the human body, letters, completely useless small treasures, cracky eggs, good friends, conspiracies, refrigerator boxes, steamed rice, hand-clapping games, story telling, my tribe, high tops, standard transmission, people who are comfortable in their own skin, plain yogurt, travel, and laughing very hard at not very funny things.
1 comment:
messaging on facebook reminded me of your blog!! so fun to hear about your travels. really. it makes me itch to start adventuring -now-, but my time will come soon.
love!!
Magpi
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