Lanquin/ Semuc

After an 8 hours trip from Flores to Lanquin I stayed in the nicely situated "El Retiro" hostel and took a hammock for 2.5 Dollar. At that point I travelled with William, who was born in England and than moved to Toulouse. He's now working on the black market. After hanging out at the hostel and the village I decided to walk to Semuc with the french guy. After 2.5 hours through the moutainouse midlands of Guatemala we came to this remote valley that was formed by a calme looking river. The locals there and on the whole way were very friendly and constantly tryed to sell us chocolate.

The parc of Semuc is a barage of waterfalls that were formed over millions of years. Nowadays the river flows beneath the "cascades". Only a little bit of the water manages to flow on top to make this already impressive site a gorgeous swimming oppurtinity. After enjoying a nice swim in several of the turquise pools we (the british chess lady joined us) hiked up to the "Mirador" from where you can estimate the scope of the whole place. The bumby road back was 2 dollars and took an half an hour. First thing in the morning I jumped on a bus to travel to Lago de Atitlan. Surprisingly Matt was on the bus.