We started a perfect sunny and cool day with a morning hike to the top of Cerro de la Cruz from our hotel. Seeing Antigua from high above and seeing the majestic Volcan de Agua right next to it is just as good as it gets to start a day with a smile in your face.
After a great buffet breakfast at our awesome hotel, we headed out of town towards the famous Lake Atitlan. A great ride though farms, mountains, volcanoes, rivers ... we actually rode some dirt roads and crossed a river that had a collapsed bridge ... all with magnificent green nature all around you.
Lake Atitlan is hard to describe ... the definition of nature's magic at its best. We had our first glimpse from a high view area ... Wow! Lake Atitlan is surrounded and it surrounds a few volcanoes (Atitlan, Toliman, and San Pedro) ... it was created 85,000 years ago by an eruption of a supervolcano and today it is 1,200ft deep.
The view down below was hypnotizing and peaceful ... villages around the shores, the rare boat crossing the waters, water with deep blues and turquoise hues, the ripples of the wind on the water surface ... resonance.
On our way back, we climbed to 8,000ft ... fog, drizzle, light rain, slippery pavement through unending twisties, and cooooold! Had a good stop for hot chocolate, soup, cappuccinos, and some food before heading to the city.
Today's ride back to the city was the most challenging as the traffic got thicker the closer we got to Guatemala City ... the dodging, lane splitting, swerving, dogs, other motorcycles, people, vehicles in every direction, just got more intense ... but we just filtered through, in formation, with no accidents or mishaps ... as a well-trained unit : )
On the way in, we stopped at the motorcycle rental place to return our motorcycles and headed to the hotel to rest. After a celebratory end-of-trip dinner at the great Cielito Lindo Restaurant close to the hotel, we went to bed!
Tomorrow, we head back to the airport and back to the States with a smile in our faces.
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