Boys at Posada Santiago

I couldn't resist adding some more photos from our weekend. These are pictures of Cenzo, David and Giancarlo enjoying their time at our favorite hotel up at the lake, Posada de Santiago. I can't seem to control the order of photos as I post them, often in the post preview they are in one order and then when the post is published they are in another. So I will just tell you that in one David and Giancarlo are playing in front of the fireplace in our room, wrapped up in the new Guatemalan blankets we bought in Solola (another highland town); in another they are playing instruments in the hotel dining room (David is on the turtle drum); one more has the boys enjoying the sunrise from the wood fired hot tub overlooking the lake; and in the last Giancarlo is pictured on the boat that takes us across the lake to Santiago Atitlan from Panajachel. Lucky us!

Lake Atitlan

This weekend we went back to one of our favorite places in Guatemala, Santiago de Atitlan. It is in the mountainous highlands of Guatemala. The days are warm and sunny, the mornings are misty and cool. If you walk down to the Lake around sunrise you can see local fishermen in their cayucos (small, canoe-like boats) starting their day's labor. The Lake itself is a caldera filled with water, in some places 1000 feet deep. It is surrounded by several dormant volcanoes that provide incredible views, and very fertile soil for local farming. It is breathtakingly beautiful.

Season 2012 Begins

We packed all weekend and said good-by to friends and family. On Monday morning January 23rd, the taxi came to pick us up and bring us to Logan Airport to start our journey to Guatemala. It was a long and tiring day. Cenzo and David ad plenty of time with their ipods in the airport, while Giancarlo had fun with his pocket sized remote control tank. We arrived in Guatemala City at 11:30 pm. Our friend, Boris, was waiting to pick us up, and he brought us to Antigua, where we arrived at 12:30 am. We were exhausted, but we got to wake up in beautiful Antigua!