Day 9

11 August 2008

We all slept well last night, but not long. As Gwen asid this morning, "It's impossible to sleep in a room with 6 women." We had arranged for a late breakfast (8am), but we could have eaten at the regular time of 7 because we were all awake anyway. We packed up and were ready to roll at 9am when the microbus pulled up. Tara and 2 of their kids came to hang out with us and pulled up in a taxi moments after the bus arrived. We all loaded up and took off when we realized that the owner had told the driver to make it a private bus to Semuc Champey. We all stretched out and got comfortable for the 2 1/2 hour ride.

We drove through a market and I jumped out with Tara to buy some fruit for our lunch. There were some women she ran into that were part of the project they did for Heifer International with rabbits. Tara said that was one of the most successful villages for Heifer in Guatemala. We bought red bananas and green oranges!

We arrived at our hostel by the river at 11:30am and hung out before lunch. After lunch 4 people went to meet up with the hikers and tube down the river. Those of us who were left went for a walk up the river to the waterfall and to see part of Semuc Champey from a distance. Tomorrow we're going to explore the caves there.