For my second Thanksgiving in Guate I headed back to Posada de Santiago on Lake Atitlan! Like last year, I went with Shannon and Dexter and their family and Michelle and her family. Two other teachers from my school, David and Rodrigo also came. Nick traveled from Mexico and joined us for the long Thanksgiving weekend.
It was a really wonderful time. We spent a day doing the "rotation" which is staying as long as you can in the sauna then running and jumping into the freezing lake before heading over to the jacuzzi. And then repeat...
The views from the jacuzzi/pool area are simply beautiful.
When not hanging at the pool, we read books, played Cards Against Humanity, built cozy fires and basically relaxed. (There was some general goofiness in there too.)
Another day, we took a tuktuk into town and threaded our way through a crazy busy local market before getting to the handicrafts section and spending money on Christmas gifts and trinkets.
Of course, one of the reasons I love Posada de Santiago is the Thanksgiving dinner. It is super authentic American food and really delicious! Especially the pumpkin pie!
Somehow we also fit in a horseback ride! The guy with the horses picked us up and drove us to his house (it was a pretty odd house. I think he'd built it by himself throughout the years.) We then took the horses up into the mountains overlooking the lake. Some parts of the trail were crazy steep and the horses had to carefully pick their way up. Unfortunately when we got to the top, it was too overcast and we couldn't see hardly anything.
Eventually, of course, we had to head back to the city, and work (merr) but I'll be back next year!
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