Lago Atitlán, Big Spiders, & Improving Spanish!

Written by Central America Students, Ashlyn & Jonah

We made it out of Xela! This week, we got to spend at Lake Atitlan learning about permaculture, hiking through the forest and farming.

Our Top 3 Highlights of the Week:

🥗 Great fresh food straight from the farm!

💦 A beautiful hike to the a waterfall that we were able to go in.

🏡 Lovely accommodations in the bamboo house.

What’s been challenging this week?

Lots of big scary spiders!

What’re you looking forward to next week?

We’ve been able to be more connected with the local community after our Spanish classes in Xela, which has meant a lot. we are looking forward to staying with more host family’s and more Spanish classes!