Guatemala bound

12 hour trip from San Cristobal de Las Casas to San Pedro de La Laguna in a clean Mercedes Sprinter van.   Left at 7:00, on Mexican time, 8 people in the van.  Mike from St. Paul, MN sits next to me and we have a good chat about back home. It is a beautiful drive through a mountain valley pass with a river running through most of the way.

Also met a couple from Guatemala/Sweden, Marcos from Georgia who was working for Habitat for Humanity, Mikhel from Italy and a Canadien Mother and Daughter.

At the Mexican/Guatemalan border we have to switch vans to a Guatemalan driver for the final leg to San Pedro.  Before getting to San Pedro we are dropped off in Panajachel and have to take a "launch" or boat across Lake Atitlan to San Pedro.  Trip across the lake is about 45 minutes with a few stops in between.