On our way back through Guatemala, we stopped first at Coban in the highlands, and than Flores. We weren't planning to stay long in Flores, mainly because our 'trusty' guidebook says 'This town sucks ass - big time'. Both elegantly put and wrong, in our opinion.

The book was also wrong about Coban, which they said was great and we thought, ahem, sucked ass. In fact, we have disagreed with them on quite a few points. Interpreting the book is a bit like trying to decipher the jargon in an estate agent's brochure. Here are a few translations...

'This restaurant is popular with locals' = Good restaurant
'This hotel is popular with locals' = BAD hotel
'Moderately strenous trek' = Only attempt if you have a death wish
'Coban has the feel of a German mountain town' = This author has never been to Germany. However, Coban is a bit like Europe in that it rains an awful lot and in some places you can eat sausage.

Anyway (rant over), Flores is a cute little town consisting of ice cream coloured houses with red roofs piled onto a tiny penisula on a huge lake. With a lady we met in town, Celia went off across the lake to visit an animal sanctuary, while Daniel stayed behind to put in some serious photo time.