Just like last year, I spent Memorial Day weekend on a lake,
only this time it was a little less sunny and a lot rainier. Saturday we planned to climb Volcano San
Pedro, one of the volcanoes on the shore of Lake Atitlan, and hoped to be able
to see some great views of the lake from the top. Unfortunately, it was already pouring at
5:45am, but we headed down to the docks in Panajachel to catch a boat over to
San Pedro anyway.
It was raining even harder by the time we got to the other
side of the lake. This photo doesn’t do
it justice, but there were streams forming in all the streets and water
everywhere. Our tuk tuk had some issues
making it up the wet roads to the park entrance, though it was hard to tell if
it was because of the water for the weight of 5 people.
Miraculously, just as we set out from the park entrance with our guide, the rain started to subside and for the rest of the hike was never more than a light drizzle.
From the summit (9,908 ft) the clouds even parted every once in a while, letting us see Lake Atitlan and some of the other nearby volcanoes.
Sunday was cloudy, but a lot less rainy…..giving us this
view from the balcony of our condo.
No comments:
Post a Comment