Stine-Mari's World

Hostel Ximenas Guesthouse, owned by Lena Johannessen from Norway is a great place to stay.She also arranges for wonderful trips to their place at the coast (see pics below) Great atmosphere and central location :) http://www.ximenasguesthouse.com Nice plaza in Centro Historico-San Salvador

Street in Centro Historico (el centro), San Salvador. Here you can buy just about anything :) Me and Vonnick visiting an old palace, very beautiful! Very nice church Another street image from San Salvador A different kind of church...

The lights and colours in this church were amazing ! What a contrast to the first impression .. Lena invited us to join a trip to their place called Capricho at the Pacific coast . It 's near a small village, and we were the only ones there .. eccept this guy trying to get some fish . When we went to the local shop , a very friendly guy gave us a big tuna. This woman was kind enough to help us prepare it . Delicious ! We did our best to help her :) Friendly old lady, showing us how to make pupuse at the boarder . Pupusa is a very typical dish in El Salvador, you can buy it everywhere . It 's like a tortilla filled with cheese or refried beans ..or both .. mmmmmh !

Holding turtles..fun! At the boarder between El Salvaor and Guatemala The river that makes the boarder between El Salvador and Guatemala. Some volcanoes on the way to Antigua Antigua..the city to visit if you like colonial style houses,churches..and lots of gringos........

My latin lover Souvenir mekka..the cheapest and best place to buy souvenirs in Antigua. Masks Ceramics Hanging out with the locals...

Ruins of a church in Antigua. Church in Antigua. A plaza in Antigua

Inside one of the many beautiful churches of Antigua The Hostel reseptionist, friendly guy. This virgin at the hostel made sure we slept safely at night.

Enjoying the amazing view of Semuc Champey. Semuc Champey Refreshing bath in cold water Flower Our room with view

The bungalows where we stayed, right in front of the entrance to Semuc Champey . This means; when you stay here you get to enter Semuc Champey before all the tourist buses come..we were almost alone, and it's all within walking distance just a few minutes away.Perfect! Reception and restaurant, the food was really good. Welcome to Tikal ! We went on the sunrise trip. It starts veeery early in the morning from flores . It was nice, even though we saw nothing but fog. But i was so tired I wasn't really able to pay attention to what the guide was saying. So if I ever do it again, I will skip the sunrise, get some sleep and learn more in stead..and the sunset is supposed to be quite spectacular as well ;) Little tarantula, cute.

This really weird insect is called peanut head, or something like that. Zoom in, and you will see why! Vonnick & Stine-Mari in front of one of the many pyramids. The Austrian guy taking the picture once visited some of the other volunteers at the island. What a small world! Me on top on one of the pyramids The pyramid I climbed up on. 1 month earlier a tourist fell down the stairs...some said she died from the injuries. So now the old stone stairs are closed, and you have to climb up a wooden staircase next to it.

Snake! Back at hostel Los Amigos..and this really is a friendly place. the food is absolutely delicious, big portions..and yes, it's even cheap! They also have lots of information on travels, excurtions,etc.you can do. They were really helpful, giving us advice, when we were planning our trip to El Mirador. It is also a good place to meet other travellers. Down the street is a very interesting cinema where they serve food and drinks. They where showing a Norwegian movie based on the book "Sofies verden" by Jostein Gaarder when I was there, check it out! The busdriver on the bus to Carmelit..friendly guy with a gun, smoking on the bus. All normal in central America.