Beautiful Place

Ever since we got to Antigua, Stephen had been wanting to find and visit "La Reunion."  It is a golf resort about 30 minutes from Antigua.  Down here you come to realize that maps, including Google's version, are not very reliable.  Anyway, we tried to find the place a couple of Saturdays ago, but ended up driving through the small town Cuidad Vieja (means Old City) on streets that were barely wide enough for our pickup.  During a two-block stretch, we were even going the wrong way on a one-way street.  At that point, we weren't trying to find the golf course anymore--just our way back to Antigua.

With more information in hand, we set out again last Sunday afternoon and after only a couple of wrong turns, we located the Highway 14.  Only here in Central America would the connecting "street" between the principal road coming out of Antigua and Highway 14, be a dirt road.  Anyway, we found the place and it was unbelievably beautiful. The Pete Dye golf course looks amazing (or so said Stephen) and the hotel (28 private suites) and restaurant are as nice as any upper-end Westin or Hyatt we've every seen.

I'm sure the pictures won't do it justice, but they're all we got.  From the vista at the hotel you can see 4 of Guatemala's volcanoes.  The largest one, named Agua (water), was covered by clouds like usual.  On a clear day they told us you can often see smoke coming from the volcano named Fuego (fire) which is still active.

At one point during the search, Stephen had wondered if the people that chose to build had just thrown a dart at the Guatemalan map or if there was a specific reason why they chose the spot.  I'm pretty sure we know the answer now.  It was too late to go to the driving range and Stephen doesn't have any clubs with him.  Plus, we're pretty sure that there's no way we can afford the place, but, as I said, there's no denying that it's beautiful.  Even though the buildings were beautiful, God's handiwork was more than amazing.  Enjoy the pictures!