Today we drove up to Panajachel. It was an extremely long ride, but we were certainly not bored. The torrential rains continued and the roads were pretty dangerous. As we drove through the mountains water rushed down the sides of the roads and even flooded some. There were trees, boulders, and mudslides that had fallen on to the two-lane pass and we had to swerve in and out of our own side of the road to avoid the obstacles. The roads are very steep and curvy in some places and literally had us holding onto each other for balance. Thankfully our driver was great and got us to Pana safely.
It wasn’t until we settled into our hotel and sat down at a restaurant for dinner that we heard the news that we were in the midst of Tropical Storm Agatha. I mean, we probably could have guessed that it was a tropical storm considering we basically had to swim through the streets to get to dinner. The cobble-stone roads had water more than ankle-deep and were like rivers rather than streets.
