Hi all: We're in Antigua, Guatemala! We left Panajachel this morning for the two hour drive. Pana, was pretty cool and it made for a great stop on the way here. It's a small town of a couple of thousand on the shores of lake Atitlan. While both Pana and Antigua have a fair amount of foreigners roaming the streets (yours truly included), they don't have the overly touristy feel to them. The remoteness definitely helps. Also, many of the foreigners that we encounter in these places actually live here.

Tomorrow we head further down the Gringo Trail to: Copan!!! It's kind of weird to think that by this time tomorrow we'll actually be in Honduras. Things seem to be moving quite quickly these last few days. We're covering similar distances between towns as we were in Mexico, but the diversity in terrain, people, and cultures is very noticeable from one day to the next. One of the things we noticed as soon as we got into Guate is the striking difference between Mexico (North America) and Central America. You can see it, feel it, and definitely taste it.