Sep 12, 2010 - Todos Santos Cuchumatan - Guatemala

September 7, 2010 I arrived in Totos Santos around 1:00pm this afternoon. Actually, it’s called Totos Santos Cuchumatan. I was going to try to make it to Jacaltenago but its two hours away and its 1pm and that means rain. It’s really cool out and there is a stiff breeze. Everything here is shrouded is a fast moving cloud cover but I do get glimpses of the mountains. I didn’t bring my fucking hiking pants. NEVER am I going to leave that dry bag behind again. What the hell was I thinking? Ah…just what the bible says, “If you come here in the...

Jul 4, 2008 - Todos Santos, Guatemala

Adella & James planned to stay for over a month in Todos Santos, a small village up in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. James had lived there for 6 months at one point, so he was excited to get back to the mountains and catch up with some old friends. I never would have ventured up to Todos Santos if not for these two, but I am so happy that I did. It's a long and scary (3-hr) bus ride (chicken bus) to get there. It's a beautiful ride that takes you up into the sky, above the cloud line and into the fresh mountain air. It's not a...