Antigua again!

So, from San Marcos...

9:20 a.m. -- the 9 a.m. water taxi arrives and it's the "local." We stopped at practically every dock on the lake from San Marcos to Panajochel.

10:20 a.m. -- We knew we would miss the 10:30 bus, so we bought a minibus ticket for noon, which left closer to 1 p.m. We took a different route back which was even scarier, but really pretty.

3 p.m. -- we arrived in Antigua and checked into the Don Quixote Inn, where Rhonda had stored her backpack while we went to San Marcos. It was okay, so we went to the bank to get more money to pay for our rooms and for the backpack storage.

We had a late lunch at Cafe No Se', which is owned by an American. We saw a flyer advertising Thanksgiving Dinner for about $15, including Cathleen's new favorite soup! We made reservations immediately and got strangely excited at the prospect of having Thanksgiving Dinner.

In the meantime, we returned to the hotel, which seems to be family run by very friendly people who speak a bit of English. Our room is small with a window opening onto a walkway, with a shared bath and two twin beds. But, hey, it's about $17 per night, so.....

We cleaned up and got ready for Thanksgiving Dinner! The food was amazing! The turkey had a vanilla-chipotle topping instead of gravy, and we had mashed potatoes, yams, veggies, and real pumpkin pie! Mmmmm... Oh, and wine and, cant' forget this... a shot of mescal each!

To be continued ....