Monthly Archives: February 2018

We had a very busy week with our friend Keith.  On Thursday we visited Finca Filadefia, a nearby coffee plantation.  It’s a nice place to visit with exceptional views. The coffee tour started in the nursery with all the baby plants. We picked a bean and squeezed it.  The juice tasted sweet. The laborers pickContinue reading “Finca Filadefia and Monterrico”

Last year we made a trip to Lake Atitlan and spent two nights there.  We were quite disappointed since we had high expectations.  Not knowing where to go, we spent one night in Panachel and one night on San Marcos.  Panachel is similar to most port towns.  People living on the fringe, many hustlers andContinue reading “A Trip to the Lake”

Valentine’s Day – no run of the mill restaurant for us.  Bruce and I and his friend Scott had a marvelous breakfast/brunch at Las Farolas.  I had banana pancakes, Bruce had an omelet and Scott had a Chapin breakfast. After our delicious meal, we walked around the luscious grounds of the hotel. As with everythingContinue reading “Antigua – – A Foody’s Paradise”

We had a busy couple of days.  Yesterday we had our friends, Patty and Chris, over for coffee.  After sitting around a few hours, we decided to go out walking.  We went to the market looking at all the beautiful items.  I had a piece I needed ends finished and this lovely woman, Nelly, finishedContinue reading “Roaming Around Antigua”

Darren is an avid fisherman and as part of their trip to Guatemala, I booked a day fishing trip through Buena Vista Sportfishing.  Our driver picked us up at 5am sharp for our one hour drive to the coast.  On arrival the dawn was just breaking. The driver asked if we wanted breakfast but theContinue reading “18 Sailfish and 6 Dorado – An Awesome Day Fishing”

Monday night our friends, Tracy and Darren, arrived from the US.  It was late and they had a long journey traveling, so we went to bed early.  We have a lot to see during their short visit. We awoke yesterday morning to cloudy skies which is quite rare this time of year.  Generally the weatherContinue reading “A Visit With our Friends”

Last night we ate at Las Farolos.  Bruce had pepian and I had a Guatemalan lasagna.  It was a great place and dinner was only $19. We woke early this morning and headed to Caoba Farms, where we had breakfast and bought some vegetables and farm eggs. We ran into a few friends and thenContinue reading “A trip to the organic farm”