San Pedro la Laguna

I decided to move over the weekend to a little town called San Pedro La Laguna on Lago de Atitlan. As much as I loved it in San Marcos, it wasn't quite what I had in mind for my trip to Guatemala. So here I am in a new town, where I'm just starting to feel settled.

In fact, it looks as if I'll be here for at least a month. I got a great deal on a room in a cute hostel. I mean, you can't really beat Q450 for a month of lodging. (That translates to about $60) The room is fairly basic, and the bed is really just a foam slab on a board. The hammock on my front porch and the cat that likes to curl up in my lap while I read make the place quite tolerable though. There's even hot water in the shower sometimes. Plus it's a great location, not too far from any of the fun night time activity in town, and the restaurant across the road has an awesome view of the lake.

I started Spanish classes again this morning. I'm not sure how productive the class was today though. Sometimes I would rather just have a conversation than try to suffer through the grammar. It was an interesting conversation though. The history of Guatemala is so tragic, you can see how it affects people to discuss the topic. Tomorrow I'll try to actually learn something about the language.