1. 1 Guatemala

2. 2 View from Mark & Jennifer’s balcony. You can see one of the volcanoes is blowing steam today.

3. View of Guatemala City from a nearby highway. This pic was taken on our trip to Antigua.

4. 4 We spent a day in Antigua, the historic Spanish colonial capital of Guatemala. Here I am in front of the Santa Catalina arch with a hazy Volcan de Agua in the background.

5. 5 La Merced church opened in 1767.

6. 6 Looking down into the courtyard at La Merced.

7. 7 Mark & Jennifer on the terrace

8. 8 A cemetery in Antigua

9. 9 A “chicken bus” is the cheapest way to get around in Guatemala.

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11. 11 At the market in Antigua

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13. 13 Dried fish and other seafood

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15. 15 Onions. Notice the woman is balancing a basket on her head.

16. 16 Mark, Jennifer and me on our mule ride at the coffee plantation. Our mules had names of democratic U.S. presidents:Mark is riding Truman, Jennifer is on Carter, and mine is Lyndon.

17. 17 At this plantation the coffee bushes are shaded by a species of trees from Australia.

18. 18 Our coffee tour guide, Esteban, is teaching us about harvesting coffee.

19. 19 These women are sorting the ripe coffee beans from greener ones.

20. 20 Coffee beans drying in the sun. These beans have the skin and hulls removed, but are not yet roasted.

21. 21 This is the room where coffee beans are roasted and ground.

22. 22 On the hike to VolcanPacaya. This is where we left the horses and started hiking.

23. 23 Looking up at VolcanPacaya

24. 24 I’m roasting a hot dog over a hole in the ground. It’s very hot!

25. 25 Our guide threw a stick into the hole and it caught fire!

26. 26 Mark and me on a “fresh” volcanic field below Pacaya. This volcanic rock was deposited last May.

27. 27 Mark on the hike down THE END!