Eat. Travel. Do cool stuff.
Our Oaxaca portion of our trip was both great and frustrating—in ways we never would have expected beforehand. It made for a super jam-packed month dealing with both these highs and lows.
Let’s start with the frustrating:
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Well, by now you’ve realized that we aren’t still in Guatemala, despite what the blog says. In a surprising and fortunate twist, I’ve managed to accidentally get two remote jobs.
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This is a guest post by Mr. Snacks.
Yes, I climbed an active volcano (without turning into a charcoal briquette).
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Guatemala stands out for me with their fantastic desserts. We stayed super close to Dona Maria Gordillo which is one of the iconic dulcerias in Antigua. The recipes originated from a nun who lived in a nearby convent and sold sweet to raise money for the church and other things the nuns needed. Her recipes have lived on for almost 150 years through this store.
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Lake Atitlan is an amazing scene of beauty. Some 84,000 years ago, a volcano erupted and the crater it left behind is now a 1,100 foot deep lake with steep volcanos and small towns scattered around the shores. Because there is no road around the lake, each town is connected mostly only by boat (lancha). This also uniquely means that there are multiple different languages spoken in these towns—3 Mayan languages, and most of the younger generation speaks Spanish as a common language to interact with tourists.
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I didn’t know much about Guatemala before we arrived, and now that we are here it’s impossible for me to share how this city has captured my heart. But, I’ll try to share with you the things I love here in Antigua.
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A list of our favorites in Panama City, Panamá.
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El Valle de Anton (El Valle) is a small town developed in the crater of an extinct volcano. While I can guess that this area was super fertile and that’s why it was chosen, I wonder who (back in the day) was willing to say “I’m sure this will never erupt again; let’s build our town here!”. Regardless of how they conned their fellow townspeople into settling there, the decision seems to have been a safe one thus far.
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This is a guest post by Mr. Snacks.
I’ve always been a lover of movies, and in particular the experience of seeing a big budget blockbuster in a great theater. Like many other things, as the world shut down in 2020, I saw movie after movie I was looking forward to get placed on indefinite hold and I added “seeing a movie in a theater” to the top of my “what I can’t wait to do when the world reopens” list.
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