Since Becky showed up, I have been dedicated to keeping this trip Guate, and it is going very well. We did some bargaining in the market, visited a macadamia nut farm, and climbed an active volcano. We got not three feet from active flowing lava, and would have roasted marshmallows on it except that we forgot to bring sticks. This might be obvious, but the lava was really hot. I mean, really hot. As Becky said, it was so hot that you could stick it in your barbeque and cook a chicken.

Yesterday we hopped on a shuttle from Antigua to Lago Atitlan. We're staying at a place called La Iguana Perdida a hostel right on the shores of the lake in a town called Santa Cruz. They've got a big family style vegetarian dinner every night, hot water, and hammocks. It's lush and green, not too hot, and the lake is surrounded by huge mountains. It's really lovely, and might be the thing that actually inspires me to figure out how to post pictures.

Today we spent the whole day lying in the sun. I collected hundreds of tiny white shells, so small that all of them would fill maybe a tablespoon. Along with the shells I also got one hell of a sunburn. Good times, good times.

Tomorrow we're going to wake up early and walk to San Marcos, which is about three hours away and offers such services as massages and aura readings. I'll let you know how it goes...