Our family was on vacation from Nov. 14 - 19. We took a trip to northern Guatemala, to the region known as the Peten, approximately an eight hour drive from our house. We had a wonderful time. It was interesting to see a different part of the country. It was very warm and tropical, much different from the mountainous region where we live.
We stayed in the town of Flores. This is our hotel. It was very nice - not fancy, but clean, and it had air-conditioning! One of our two rooms had a balcony overlooking the street, so I asked the girls to come out and pose for the photo.
The town of Flores is actually an island in Lake Peten-Itza, connected to the mainland (the town of Santa Elena) by a short bridge. One morning we traveled across the lake by boat and climbed a "mirador" (overlook) to take this photo of Flores.
We took a lancha (boat) across the lake to visit the town of San Jose Peten and stopped at the mirador mentioned above.
Carlos, our lancha driver, lived by the overlook, so we had a chance to meet his family. His one-year-old son, Antonio, was in this wooden playpen. Tony climbed in to say hello.
Maria posing under a coconut tree. We bought a coconut from Carlos's mother and drank the milk. Yuck, warm coconut milk!
We stayed in the town of Flores. This is our hotel. It was very nice - not fancy, but clean, and it had air-conditioning! One of our two rooms had a balcony overlooking the street, so I asked the girls to come out and pose for the photo.
The town of Flores is actually an island in Lake Peten-Itza, connected to the mainland (the town of Santa Elena) by a short bridge. One morning we traveled across the lake by boat and climbed a "mirador" (overlook) to take this photo of Flores.
We took a lancha (boat) across the lake to visit the town of San Jose Peten and stopped at the mirador mentioned above.
Carlos, our lancha driver, lived by the overlook, so we had a chance to meet his family. His one-year-old son, Antonio, was in this wooden playpen. Tony climbed in to say hello.
Maria posing under a coconut tree. We bought a coconut from Carlos's mother and drank the milk. Yuck, warm coconut milk!
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