Earth Lodge

The afternoon that we hiked the volcano, we went to the Earth Lodge for one night. The Earth Lodge is a quiet, peaceful, eco-friendly (you have to pay 5 Q for a hot shower) lodge outside of Antigua. It's about a 20 minute ride from Antigua, which we got to do in true Guatemalan style - in the back of an open pick-up truck. And you have to stand the whole time, because I think if you sit, your butt would have bruises. After the adventurous drive up the mountain, we had to walk down on a pathway further into the mountain where Earth Lodge is. (It was a very difficult hike back up to the road from Earth Lodge with our backpacks and at the high altitude - Phew!). They have a beautiful treehouse, but it was taken that night, so we stayed in the dorm-type cabin. The views are spectacular from this place! The cities seems so far away and the volcanos just make for gorgeous scenery.

We hung out in hammocks, read and studied a little, chilled out, watched Da Vinci Code, ate dinner with the owners and the other visitors. The owners are from the Bay Area and Canada and just wanted a change in lifestyle. The only complaint is the spiders, we saw two big ones, that we would have been just fine not seeing.