We got up early Friday morning to start making our way back to Guatemala City for our flight home. After Amber made the whole team stop for a few minutes to deal with some motion sickness (BOO!) on the really curvy roads out of Comitancillo, we were on our way with no issues. The plan for Friday was to drive half way (or so) and stay in Panajachel which is a little city that rests in a HUGE dormant volcano near a bottomless lake. If you have never heard of Lake Atitlan, check out Wikipedia for some more details.
On our way to Panajachel, we noticed a big gathering of people and some buses dropping even more people off. Our driver told us that one of the candidates running for President was about to give a speech at that very location. We did not see the candidate, but they only have elections every four years and Amber thought it was awesome that one of the candidates was at the very spot we were driving by at that moment. (Also, they have 22 political parties and around ten people running for President. And I thought OUR political system was wacky enough with two predominant parties and two predominant candidates. Eep!)
We arrived in Panajachel around lunch time and no words could adequately describe the beauty of the area nor do the pictures do justice. The scenery was absolutely breathtaking.
We relaxed for a while and then wandered around the area the rest of the afternoon and went to the market to buy souvenirs (and worked on our bartering in Spanish skills). We got caught up in a rainstorm while at the market and walked back to the hotel in the torrential downpour making our few remaining clean and warm clothes completely drenched. Again, Amber was fighting sickness through most of the day (presumably still trying to get rid of whatever was ingested on Wednesday) and right after dinner decided sleep was the best option.
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