R&R Day and Travel Day

Buenas Dias.

We took a team photo before leaving the hostal. It was a great place for the team to rest and be able to get a nice meal before and after our service day.

We started the day with a trip to a park that overlooks Lake Amatitlan and Volcano Pacaya.

 The park also has mini replica's of some Mayan ruins and Tikal. The park is located just outside of Guatemala City about a 1 hour drive.

 (Replica of el Baul is pictured below w/Danielle)


After we visited the park, we drove to Antigua which is about another 1 and a half hour drive away from the park. We had lunch at Pollo Camparo (Chicken) about a half a block from the hotel. The hotel we stayed at is the Posada Don Rodrigo and our room overlooks one of the courtyards.

Each hotel room is different inside and ours has a chandelier and has a 3/4 bath downstairs and a 1/2 bath upstairs. We had a view from the roof top of the active Volcano Fuego in erupted a week earlier.

We spent the afternoon shopping in Antigua and we bought a blanket for Danielle that is a quilt.

 The quilt is made up of small squares of traditional skirt material from many of the small villages around San Marcos, Guatemala. The villages cover the area of where her birth mother lives on Volcano Tajumulco. We managed to negotiate good prices for all the things we bought in Antigua.

We had dinner at de Arco which is more of an outdoor restaurant. In the evening, it gets cool and we had to have a portable heater moved near our table. The food was good and it was our final dinner together with some of our Guatemalan team.

On the way there we noticed that Volcano Fuego was again blowing smoke from its top and we are hoping to get out of Guatemala City today on time. It doesn't look like it is significant, as it stops and starts with no huge bursts or eruptions.


We are ready to go to the airport and are anxious to get back to the freezing temps... well maybe not the freezing temps, but to get home. 

Thanks for all your prayers!!
Terry