Flores and Santa Elena, Guatemala

My hostel in Flores - Los Amigos

 Inside Los Amigos - it was packed with tourists, hammocks, plants, candlelights and great food and drinks

The French from Montreal

Somehow the gave me enough food to feed a whole family!

 The streets of Flores

Crossing from Flores over to Santa Elena

 Looking back to the little island of Flores… Flores is located in the middle of a small lake and consists solely of hotels, restaurants and tourist shops. There’s not a single supermarket, the only food shop sells snacks only.

The market in Santa Elena. Someone cooking soup! There were actually carrots in the water in that thing… I stood there for a while but noone came to sell me soup… 

I got a cowboy hat in the market in Santa Elena…

… and one of the bargaining tourist shop guys in Flores tried to buy it from me:)

January 8th, 2008, posted by sigrun

Tikal, the famous Mayan Ruins, Guatemala

January 8th, 2008, posted by sigrun

House party at Hamish’s and Amy’s

Shawn, the Canadian who learnt Icelandic in five years, here wearing an Icelandic football shirt. We did a few Icelandic drinking songs and the Icelandic National Anthem for the crowd around the bonfire.

Nigist, Meklit and Juan

Ariga from Armenia

January 8th, 2008, posted by sigrun

Panama

The Deutsch, German, Swiss and Icelandic

Shisha… I want one!

I’ve lost three cameras into the ocean… still I couldn’t stand the temptation of photographing the fish…

Coconot juice…

Opening coconuts with machetes

At first the beach looked isolated

but it didn’t last

The endangered red and deadly frog…

The bridge back to Costa Rica… I accidentally missed immigration and had to go back looking for it for my visa stamp - there was no border security visible!

January 8th, 2008, posted by sigrun

Non-profit Leadership Workshop

December 20th, 2007, posted by sigrun