Guatemala!

January 22, 2011
We are finally in Guatemala as of yesterday! We were both feeling well enough to take the bus. We paid $300 pesos each for the trip. The bus picked us up at 7am (actually on time!). It was one of those tour bus things not like the big greyhound type buses we are used to on long trips. Not the most comfortable but not too bad. We got to see so much of the Mexican and Guatemalan countryside and farms. Also saw a lot of garbage and dead dogs and vultures! I geuss you take the good with the bad. Crossing the border was super easy. We got our passports stamped on the Mexican side and then stamped again and $20 pesos to pay on the Guatemalan side. Then back on the bus and 5 hours later and one movie later (Nacho Libre!!) we were in Panajechel. Its a little port town on Lake Atitlan that connects all of the lake side villages. It was about 6 when we got here so we changed our money and went looking for a hostel. We found one within 5 minutes for a super good deal. Breakfast and hot water, private room with a bathroom and even a little tv for only Q170 or 10 bucks each! We plan on doing some village hopping today to check out which town looks the best for spanish school and accomodations. So far it sounds like we won't have to use our spanish so much because everything here is in spanish and english. Oh well I think our belly's will be more than happy even if our spanish suffers a little. Last night we went for indian food at this little restaurant that was absolutley delicious! We were just happy to have veggies in our belly! Mexican food is seriously lacking in the salad department.