Thursday (11/23/00) - Chicovix (Hot Springs) Friday (11/24/00) - La Cena (School Dinner) Saturday (11/25/00) - Fuentes Georginas (Hot Springs) / - Zunil (Village/Festival) with movie Monday (11/27/00) - Film (Regarding Civil War in El Salvador and the murder of a Catholic priest who tried to defend the persecuted) Tuesday (11/28/00) - Salcaja (Village where traditional cloth is made) Wednesday (11/29/00) - Merengue/Salsa Dance Class Thursday (11/30/00) - Los Vahos (Natural Sauna) Friday (12/1/00) - Santa Maria Market / - La Cena (School Dinner) See above (11/24/00) Saturday - Sunday (12/2/00 - 12/3/00) - Abaj Takalik (Mayan Ruins) / - Champarico(Pacific Beach) Monday (12/4/00) - Film (Regarding massacre of Mayan Village during Guatemala's Civil War) Tuesday (12/5/00) - San Andres Xecul (nearby village we visited last year) Wednesday (12/6/00) - Merengue/Salsa Dance Class Thursday (12/7/00) - Soccer Tournament with other Spanish Schools Friday (12/8/00) - La Cena (School Dinner) See above (11/24/00) Saturday - Sunday (12/9/00 - 12/10/00) - Trip to Panahachel (located on
Lago de Atitlan
). We didn't go as we had visited there last year, and needed to study. Monday (12/11/00) - Film (Regarding Civil War in El Salvador and the murder of a Catholic priest who tried to defend the persecuted - same as 11/27/00) Tuesday (12/12/00) - Salcaja (see 11/28/00)
We played hooky from school so that we could climb the volcano Santa Maria during a full moon. Wednesday (12/13/00) - Hike to Cerro Baul - Hill from which you have a nice view of Xela (we were too tired from the Volcano to want to climb another hill). Thursday (12/14/00) - Hike to Molina Viejo Friday (12/15/00) - La Cena
Also, the option to join an all weekend hike to Lago De Atitlan (over 50 km) - a little too far for us. Saturday (12/16/00) - Hike to Lago Chicoval Monday (12/17/00) - Film - "The Mision" Tuesday (12/18/00) - Almolonga Farm with hotsprings Wednesday (12/19/00) - Merengue/Salsa Dance Class Thursday (12/20/00)
School is finished.
Next we leave for Monterico
