Rosi's Travel Blog
And you can scroll to the bottom – or just read it all until you get to that bit, to see what Hollie learnt. So after spending just under 3 months with Hollie, which is something I’ve never done, … Not just with Hollie, but with anyone. Okay obviously my parents growing up, but you …
15-17th February 2023 (Semuc Champey is part of the Cahabon River, however, the river flows under a 300-meter sheet of limestone rock. In fact, Semuc Champey actually means “where the river hides under the earth”). So after reading many blogs that narrated terrible roads, car sickness from those who never got car sick, and described …
8th February – 9th February 2023 So Acatenango was one of the main reasons that we wanted to backtrack and come to Guatemala from starting out in Mexico then Nicaragua … yes it doesn’t make sense Geographically, but I saw loads of videos about Guatemala (after we had booked the aforementioned countries) and so we …
28th January to 3rd February 2023 On Saturday we had one last swim in the lake, tried to de dust ourselves, bid Hugo, Ellysio and the dogs goodbye and got on the boat that would take us to the Dock to get a second boat to Panajachel. Huge rucksack on our back, small rucksack on …
I don’t even know if I can say ‘volunteering’ at this stage, because this week has been an absolute breeze. Every day has felt like a Friday! I should rewind to Saturday evening. After we returned from Santiago we prepared for a pizza night with the French couple, Hugo and his girlfriend Babi. Babi is …
21st January 2023 On Saturday Hollie and I got a boat into Santiago with plans to stock up on essentials, get some cash out, and charge a few items. It was a blissfully calm day, and the lake was so crystal clear and peaceful. The boat effortlessly glided over the water and we took in …
So if you read the first instalment of this 3 week volunteering mission, then you would know I said I hoped the wind wasn’t too strong to stop us from heading into Santiago at the weekend. Well, you’ll be pleased to know (or not care in the slightest) that it was windy, but we were …
Wow, so where do I begin… Okay well I know where to begin and it’s at the beginning, which has been a little rocky for me. This has been confusing (I’m in a beautiful place, I should love it) and so I apologise that this blog post doesn’t start off with elaborate feelings of joy, …
So I had seen a few videos, and someone even told us the day before about something along these lines happening to them. You don’t even think it will happen to you. But here I am, $50 dollars down ( okay it could have been much more), now have a stamp in my passport, and …