Friday I went on another tour, even though I could have gone on my own. I wasn’t in the mood to switch buses 12 times, so I thought I’d pay a few dollars more. It turns out the “guide” was really just a chauffeur, as he didn’t know anything about where we were or what we’d see! The good part, though, was that all the other people on the tour were Mexicans, and they were a riot!
There were two female doctors here on a conference, a mom and her 17 year old daughter who was mature and still silly, the young married couple, two adventurous guys who were up for all things climbing and who weren’t deterred by a little rain. The funniest part was that as the guide continually didn’t know anything, one of the doctors just straight up asked him how he could work in tourism and not know anything! She wasn’t mad or anything, but she then asked if he knew how to read! We all cracked up (or nearly exploded trying not to) at her blunt questions (that we all were thinking), and she went on to tell him he needs to read more! From then on, any question we asked we immediately followed with “no sé” and laughed even more!
So were did we go all day? We started off going to some caves where we walked along the path and saw all sorts of stalactite and stalagmite formations.
We then drove to la Cascada de Chiflón where we had to climb countless
steps to reach a lookout over a beautiful waterfall of 70 km. We were first soaked in sweat, then we got wet by all the mist, and by the time we got back down it was raining!
There were two female doctors here on a conference, a mom and her 17 year old daughter who was mature and still silly, the young married couple, two adventurous guys who were up for all things climbing and who weren’t deterred by a little rain. The funniest part was that as the guide continually didn’t know anything, one of the doctors just straight up asked him how he could work in tourism and not know anything! She wasn’t mad or anything, but she then asked if he knew how to read! We all cracked up (or nearly exploded trying not to) at her blunt questions (that we all were thinking), and she went on to tell him he needs to read more! From then on, any question we asked we immediately followed with “no sé” and laughed even more!
So were did we go all day? We started off going to some caves where we walked along the path and saw all sorts of stalactite and stalagmite formations.We then drove to la Cascada de Chiflón where we had to climb countless
steps to reach a lookout over a beautiful waterfall of 70 km. We were first soaked in sweat, then we got wet by all the mist, and by the time we got back down it was raining!
But we drove on to the Lagunas de Montebello, a series of lakes that are beautifully blue and green colors. We first ate these great tortillas filled with frijoles and topped with cheese and salsa (they have some tsozil name I can’t remember). Then I crossed the first lake on a wooden raft, helping paddle us to the small island where there were great views and a lot of orchids growing. It was still 
raining.The second lake was an international one so we could see Guatemala on the other side. Still raining.
The third lake looks just like all the ones in Minnesota, pretty but not spectacular. The fourth one that we went to was a deep blue, but it was still raining and the mud was deep, so we didn’t venture too close or stay too long.
Although I could have seen more, maybe gone swimming, and gotten back before 9 p.m., I haven’t laughed that hard in weeks, so the tour was definitely worth it!
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