Comments on: Crossing into Guatemala http://cainmanor.com/travel/crossing-into-guatemala/ Your Guide To All Things Cain™ Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:22:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kate Whitehttp://cainmanor.com/travel/crossing-into-guatemala/#comment-22 Kate White Thu, 09 Sep 2004 19:17:26 +0000 http://cainmanor.com/?p=41#comment-22 Greg, Sounds like you are having a great trip. I just spent the Labor Day Weekend with Steena and James in D.C. where they filled me in on your adventures. I have heard great things about Guatemala. Apparently Tikal is not to be missed. This spring I spent 2 weeks in Costa Rica - loved it! Most everyone speaks English on some level and you can drink the water. Try to visit Selvatura park outside of Monteverde and go on the "canopy tour" - a 12 or 15 cable zip line that takes you over the tree tops (costs about $35 and worth it). I particularly got a kick out of the artificial limbs left in the equipment room where you get geared up (o.k., so my sense of humor is a bit warped). I did not get over to the Caribbean coast but the Pacific coast was beautiful. I can recomment Quepos, Manuel Antonio National park and another city - really popular with the surfing crowd - whose name I can't recall. If you make it as far as Peru try to visit Cuzco - amazing city! There is a wonderful church built on the ruins of an Incan temple near the center of town. I fainted in the entry way but it still made a big impression on me (no pun intended). And if you get to Brazil try to get down to Iguazu Falls - very cool. There is also an area in the southern Pantanal in the state of Mato Grosso called Bonito that is quite nice - ironically there are lots of water sports there. Since I have no idea if this will work I will sign off. Happy travels! P.S. If you are trying to remember who in the hell I am we met at James and Steenas wedding reception. K Greg,
Sounds like you are having a great trip. I just spent the Labor Day Weekend with Steena and James in D.C. where they filled me in on your adventures. I have heard great things about Guatemala. Apparently Tikal is not to be missed. This spring I spent 2 weeks in Costa Rica – loved it! Most everyone speaks English on some level and you can drink the water. Try to visit Selvatura park outside of Monteverde and go on the “canopy tour” – a 12 or 15 cable zip line that takes you over the tree tops (costs about $35 and worth it). I particularly got a kick out of the artificial limbs left in the equipment room where you get geared up (o.k., so my sense of humor is a bit warped). I did not get over to the Caribbean coast but the Pacific coast was beautiful. I can recomment Quepos, Manuel Antonio National park and another city – really popular with the surfing crowd – whose name I can’t recall. If you make it as far as Peru try to visit Cuzco – amazing city! There is a wonderful church built on the ruins of an Incan temple near the center of town. I fainted in the entry way but it still made a big impression on me (no pun intended). And if you get to Brazil try to get down to Iguazu Falls – very cool. There is also an area in the southern Pantanal in the state of Mato Grosso called Bonito that is quite nice – ironically there are lots of water sports there. Since I have no idea if this will work I will sign off. Happy travels!
P.S. If you are trying to remember who in the hell I am we met at James and Steenas wedding reception.
K

]]> By: Sanjay Number One Indianhttp://cainmanor.com/travel/crossing-into-guatemala/#comment-21 Sanjay Number One Indian Mon, 06 Sep 2004 23:44:34 +0000 http://cainmanor.com/?p=41#comment-21 You made a wise choice to not bother with Blade II. Conicidentally I am running out of movies to rent at the store so I picked up Blade II. But I had a guest over and I was too insecure to just play the damned thing so I played it without sound (similar to what you would have experienced in Spanish I imagine) and my god this movie sucks! I'm a big fan of modern interpretations of vampire cultures, but this one was stocked with pretty ridiculous cliched characters.I get the feeling you are really entering uncharted territory, with these ferry crossings. Kind of reminds me of when Frodo escaped the Nazgul at the Brandywine river ferry crossing. Maybe next time you'll get all Evel Knieval and just land on the ferry in the nick of time with the border patrol after you?Things are good here. I'm enjoying a week off from work. James/Steena if you read this I'll be attending a wedding in D.C. on October 23rd so I hope to spend some time with you then.Sanjay #1 Indian. You made a wise choice to not bother with Blade II. Conicidentally I am running out of movies to rent at the store so I picked up Blade II. But I had a guest over and I was too insecure to just play the damned thing so I played it without sound (similar to what you would have experienced in Spanish I imagine) and my god this movie sucks! I’m a big fan of modern interpretations of vampire cultures, but this one was stocked with pretty ridiculous cliched characters.

I get the feeling you are really entering uncharted territory, with these ferry crossings. Kind of reminds me of when Frodo escaped the Nazgul at the Brandywine river ferry crossing. Maybe next time you’ll get all Evel Knieval and just land on the ferry in the nick of time with the border patrol after you?

Things are good here. I’m enjoying a week off from work. James/Steena if you read this I’ll be attending a wedding in D.C. on October 23rd so I hope to spend some time with you then.

Sanjay #1 Indian.

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