Today started off with a typical breakfast of eggs and beans
at the local Mission, and we had the pleasure of being responsible for the cleanup
as well. Afterwards, we headed down to
the lake and piled into a boat that took us to Panjachel, which took about half
an hour. Once we arrived, we all took Tuk-Tuks to the Reserva Natural Atitlán where
we went zip lining.
When we got to the reserve we were given a choice of
Extreme Zip Lining or Ultra-Extreme Zip Lining, and we of course chose the
latter. The hike up to the zip line lasted about 30 minutes and consisted of
many steep climbs as well as long, narrow bridges that only six people could
walk on at a time. After we made it to the top, everyone was a bit nervous as
we got in line to go down the first zip line, which was just under 1,000 feet
long. The zip line had an incredible view of Panjachel, Lake Atitlán, and three
volcanoes. The next two zip lines were much longer, with each one being over
half a mile long. The second zip line proved to be a bit of a challenge as many
of us got stuck towards the end and had to be pulled the rest of the way by one
of our guides. The rest of the zip lines went smoothly as we gained more
experience.
Zip lining took about three hours since we had to hike to every
starting area, which left us with about an hour to shop at the local tiendas
(stores). Once we were done shopping, we got back on the boat to head to the
hotel in San Lucas. The rest of the afternoon was pretty relaxing as most of us
were exhausted from the long day of zip lining and hiking. We headed back to
the Mission for dinner at 6pm and watched a video about the San Lucas Mission and
Father Greg afterwards. To end the night, we got some ice cream from a local
ice cream shop and went back to the hotel to relax in preparation for
construction work in the morning.
-Brianne & Andrew
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