Baking, you ask? That´s right! You are looking at the newest gainfully employed vegan baker of San Pedro, Guatemala. Mick and I got jobs working at the local health food store and I have spent all morning making vegan cookies, zuchinni bread, apple crumble and whatever else my little heart desires. It feels good to be in the kitchen again, having a goal, and making some BIG money. All for fun, of course. Although I have a job as long as I would like, I have more traveling to do so I think I will only keep the gig for a few days.
Feliz Ano Nuevo!!!
Vegan peanut butter chocolate bars - they sold out!
12-30-09
Nothing says fun like waking up at 5:30 am to spend 3 hours hiking straight uphill at a massive and continous incline. I think we all started to wonder about our sanity after a couple of hours of hiking up inactive Volcan Pedro - final elevation 9,000 ish feet. The view of the entire lake, which made the hike all worth it, was quickly forgotten about on the hour plus descent. I think all of us ended up on our butts at some point on the way down. The rest of my day consisted of a nap, baking and finally a soak in the hot tubs before going to bed.
Another procession, this time Virgin Mary was marching for the niños. Mick and I got stuck in the street where they were lighting off fireworks. One of the fireworks, a dud, blew up on the ground yards away from us and we could feel the explosion! Crazy, terrifying and only in Guatemala!
A fun, an much needed, break from our uphill death march . . . err . . . hike.
Juan, our guide for Volcan Pedro, took some time to explain about coffee beans, the main export from San Pedro.
It was worth the view!!!
12-29-09
After having someone try to break into our room last night, which made for high excitement at 4 am in the morning, Cameron, Christine, Mick and I decided to switch to the very hip Hostel Zoola. We spent the day wandering around town and Christine and I even managed to squeeze in some yoga. Our new motorcycling friend from the Earth Lodge, James, joined us for the night, which was pleasantly dull as we had very early plans for the 30th.
I love me my yoga.
Hostel Zoola - a great place to chill and great homemade hummus!
12-28-09
A long day of traveling really. Cameron, Christine, Mick and I left the Earth Lodge to head back into Antigua and book a shuttle to San Pedro at Lake Atitlan - the deepest lake in all Central America. However, all the early shuttles were taken so we wandered around Antigua and the market before our 2 pm shuttle left. As things go in Guatemala, we then spent 45 mins on the shuttle driving around Antigua in circles and didn´t make it to San Pedro until 6 pm. From there we found some delicious Asian food (with tofu!) and found a bed at San Francisco Hotel.
I´m quite sure this turkey is meant as a pet . . . err . . . ummm . . .
San Pedro
Christine, Mick and I infront of Lake Atitlan. Can you believe that it is still considered so polluted it is not safe to swim in?
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