We spent the last week in a small village on Lake Atitlan called San Marcos. The lake is about 3 hours from Antigua and is the deepest in Central America. I was taking morning Spanish classes from a local teacher named Clemente and Jenn was working on the guitar. Clemente is a good teacher and a nice guy. He even took us up The Indian Nose, a popular hike with a great lake view, on Saturday. We got to take the most local form of transportation yet, the pick-up, with Clemente as our guide. About 20 people stand in the back of a pick-up truck and hold on for dear life as it swerves up the mountain switchbacks to the trail head.
Today, we made our first border crossing of the trip. We are now in El Salvador at a surf town called El Tunco. Guatemala was pretty mild temperatures and often cold at night. But here it is summer again. ¡Hace mucho calor!
Our favorite spot on the lake
The pick-up ride to The Indian Nose trailhead
Overlooking Lake Atitlan from The Indian Nose
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