Yesterday we spent all day touring around Lago Atitlan. It was in fact, the first day spent entirely separate from the boys. Nicole and Jared and I woke up and grabbed some yummy breakfast on the lake side. Then us girls went out and rented a kayak to paddle around, which ended up being a much more arduous endeavor than expected; the center of the lake was actually quite rough, and gave us a good run for our money. In fact, the girls we happened to depart the same time as, ended up leaving their kayak on the opposite side of the lake and took a cab back...but we are tough chicks, and stuck it out! Apparently the lake has been a bit of a problem lately, and a tourist actually passed away on a kayak recently ...which we didn't find out until after we returned.
After, we tried to book a hike up the volcano, but were told we wouldn't have enough time before dark, as it's a 5 hour hike. We opted instead to walk around town a bit,and then hop on a water taxi to Panajachel, a town on the opposite side of the lake, about a 40 minute boat ride. The town is a bit more "metropolitan" than San Pedro. We found a German coffee shop with baklava, and an all vegan restaurant. The market was wonderful, so we bought a few things we had either forgotten to bring or lost (me) along the way. After about an hour, during which the weather had turned a bit ominous, we headed back to the water taxi area, and to San Pedro.
Upon our return, we still couldn't connect with the boys, so we made some hostel friends and drank some good Guatemalan beer, and settled in for the night. I think our favorite thing about our evening was the super hot showers! Lord, we haven't had hot water showers in ages! It was glorious! The boys rejoined us, after having had a nice day of kayaking as well; however, apparently, they were rained on while Nicole and I were in Panajachel, and were limited by that. Into bed pretty early, as we knew we'd have a long day of driving ahead.
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