Weekend at Atitlan

Here are a few pictures from me and Brian's day in Atitlan. It is basically a HUGE lake with different towns surrounding it. We stayed in the main town because we were only there for a few hours. It was a 2 1/2 hour bus ride which really wasn't too bad. Our main objective was to find the "zip line" that carries you through/over the trees and the mountain. We were able to track it down pretty quickly and had a blast there. We were very fortunate that the weather was perfect while we were on the zip lines, most of the afternoon was spent at different cafe's or shops staying out of the rain.

Me and Brian with Jorge our guide

who took the amazing video

All geared up

Panajachel-the main city on the Lake

Volcano on the other side of the lake

Sunday is a day where we are on our own for food and we made it a very "American" menu for the day. I spent the whole day with the 2 other Kids Alive missionaries here (Brian and Emily).

Before church we had breakfast at McDonalds (which had an amazing patio overlooking a volcano, fountains, free internet, and plenty of room?), then we went to church at a service that had everything in 2 languages which was pretty cool, but at times hard to follow. After church we met up with another missionary through Kids Alive in Guatemala and a few other people from church and went to Pollo Campero which was definitely on my to-do-list. It is basically a Guatemalan Chick-fil-a and is the most popular restaurant in the country.

We went to the market during the afternoon and I found an internet cafe to "watch" the Bears game, but it was a very choppy connection. That night we spent 3 hours at Subway just talking and hanging out. It was a nice relaxing Sunday.