While staying in Quetzaltenango/Xela, I ran into a friend who I met in Lake Atitlan who told me about this 3-day hike from Xela to Lake Atitlan that Quetzaltrekkers offers. Quetzaltrekkers is a non-profit organization that offers guided hikes in Guatemala. It’s ran fully by volunteers and the money goes directly to help children in need living in Guatemala.

When my friend told me about this hike I got really interested as I’ve never done …

I’ve actually been having this issue on my Dell Streak Android phone/tablet for some time now, but I just decided to do something about it today.

I have a lot of applications installed that have new updates available for it. But when I try to update I get this message from the Android Market:

This app is not compatible with your device.

I thought maybe it was just that one app. But then I tried …

The hostel I’m staying at now has good Wi-Fi so I haven’t used my Tigo USB modem for a couple of days now. Since I still have about a week of free Internet left, I decided to take the SIM card and use it on my Dell Streak Android phone instead.

My Dell Streak took the SIM card and showed “TIGO” as the network provider. When I opened the web browser I got a prompt …

Yesterday was day 30 of my RTW trip. I can’t believe 30 days have passed already!

Looking back, though, a lot has definitely happened. I’ve seen so many things, met a lot of people from all over the world, and learned so much.

In one month, I’ve been to about 3 countries and 9 cities. It’s actually quite a lot in a month. I’ve been taking things slowly and I feel like I should slow …

I decided to continue my Spanish lessons in Lake Atitlan. I stayed in La Iguana Perdida in Santa Cruz La Laguna and signed up for the package of 5 days of Spanish lessons, 7 nights accommodation, and 6 days allowance of Q75 to spend in their restaurant.

The view from this hostel is just beautiful! I start my morning every day staring at the beautiful Lake Atitlan and the volcanoes.

My teacher actually lives in …