Monday morning greetings from Guatemala...

Hello everyone,
Sorry that the posts have been somewhat sparce. Getting on the Internet has been somewhat challenging. As I write, we are sitting at the breakfast table. Odd, I can't get on the Internet anywhere but at the breakfast table. Yesterday was another great tour. We went to the market in Chichicastanago. For a little spanish lesson, tanage means "the place of" and chichicas means poison ivy. Fortunately we did not experience the poison ivy. However, it is an absolutely beautiful flowering plant with big beautiful purple berries. As for the market, it was an interesting experience, but probably one I would only desire to do once. As you will see from the picture below the "three foot" rule was definately violated. It was interesting, but exhausting.

After the market, we went to Lake Atitlan. It was also very pretty, however a bit of a hazy day. You can see that the lake is in the middle of three large volcanoes.

Today is a pickup day - we get to pick up Caleb's visa at the embassy. We are going to go to the tourist market. That is much tamer and more our style.

Here are a couple of pictures for you to "visit" with us...







The market. Sabra is quite the bargainer...












This is a picture of our tour driver. He was wonderful. He actually did most of the bargaining for us to make sure we got a good deal.






Momma and her baby boy. Such a long journey, but finally in her arms forever!!













I wish I could say this volcanoe is from some great tour we took, but actually it taken from the balcony of our hotel room. Not too bad a view huh?
















These are some picuters of the family at Lake Atitlan. Some say it is "heaven on earth." I say if heaven is as nice or nicer than this, we have a LOT to look forward too.