The boat from San Marcos to San Pedro only took nine minutes with the cost of 10 GTQ per person, and this time it didn’t stop anywhere else. When we got to Hostal Mi Cabana at 11:20 am, the room that we booked yesterday was ready for us. Trev had already got himself settled and waiting for us. Hostal Mi Cabana The lady who also took care of the Jewellery and Art Gallery took us to our room. We chose to pay for the accommodation in Quetzal instead of dollars, and for a night stay without breakfast, it cost 200 GTQ for the two of us. When I first saw…
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Crossroads Saga Series by Mary Ting
Crossroads Saga series by Mary Ting. A short review, synopsis and book series in order. The series consists of five books: Crossroads, Between, Beyond, Eternity and Halo City which is a short story.
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Walking from San Marcos to San Pedro
Hiking without a guide or walking between villages is generally not recommended for safety reasons, except between the route from San Marcos to San Pedro. Taking a boat is much safer, and the cost for one way should not cost more than GTQ 25 to any of the towns around the lake. But for people like us who craves for an adventure, taking a boat doesn’t seem appeal to us. Yesterday’s walk failed because we have a program and had set a time limit. It was different this time as we didn’t care about the time. However, we did plan to have a swim at Las Cristalinas on the way…
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San Marcos La Laguna
San Marcos is one of the places where you can have your picture taken up close with the landscape of Atitlán’s three volcanoes, San Pedro, Atitlan and the double-coned summit of Tolimán. I couldn’t wait to get over there, so early morning at about 10 am we checked out from the hotel but not before saying goodbye to Cookie, the guard dog in Hotel Victoria. It was easy to get the boat as there’s no queue to it. The ride cost 25 GTQ per person, and we stopped at Santa Cruz and other places around the lake before reaching San Marcos after 25 minutes journey. As soon as we disembarked…
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Panajachel Guatemala
The next day it’s time to leave this beautiful town, Antigua to Panajachel. Our van supposed to depart at 12:30 noon but until 1 pm we’re still waiting for it at the Yellow House Hotel y Agencia de Viajes. Fortunately, while waiting for our ride to come, they allowed us to use their wifi. We sat on the roof admiring the view for one last time. By 1:22 pm, it’s finally arrived. We didn’t get to choose our seats because when we got on the van, we were the last two passengers to get on it. We got the very last seats at the back on the left side. I…
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Antigua Guatemala
Founded on 10th March 1543 and declared as a world heritage site in 1976, Antigua is a place where one can enjoy exploring the beauty of an incredible number of restored colonial buildings as well as the old ruined. It used to be Guatemala’s capital city until the disaster happened, the Santa Marta earthquakes in 1773 had made Guatemala city its new capital city in 1776 until now. If you fly from Mexico City to La Aurora International Airport, make sure to get the seat on the right side. The view of the volcanoes is fantastic! I wished someone has told us this information earlier before we board the plane.…
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Descendant Prophecies Series by Mary Ting
Descendant Prophecies series by Mary Ting. A short review, synopsis and book series in order. The series consists of four books: From Gods, From Deities, From Origins and From Titans
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Mexico City
With only three days two nights in Mexico City, we managed to explore to some well-known places in Mexico city such as taking the Stadium Aztec tour, exploring the historical centre - Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, Zócalo - Plaza de la Constitucion and had a great night out around Plaza Garibaldi. During the duration, we stayed at Hotel Diligencias and had some local food.
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The Morganville Vampires Series by Rachel Caine
I started reading this series while on a Christmas holiday in Texas, purposely read this book because of the location setting in this story set in Texas, though Morganville wasn't real, in one of the books, they went away to Dallas. The Morganville Vampires Series by Rachel Caine consists of 15 main books which are Glass Houses, The Dead Girls' Dance, Midnight Alley, Feast of Fools, Lord of Misrule, Carpe Corpus, Fade Out, Kiss of Death, Ghost Town, Bite Club, Last Breath, Black Dawn, Bitter Blood, Fall of Night and Daylighters.
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Christmas in Dallas
Six days five nights story in Dallas from the moment we left Austin. We hung out at Klyde Warren Park, watched the Ice Hockey game in American Airlines Arena, celebrated Christmas at home and have meals in Ten50 BBQ, Happiest Hour, Lover's Egg Roll, Han Mi Ri and Manny's Uptown.
