The Plaza (Parque Central) Antigua Guatemala

Got up before the alarm this morning. Clare was almost all packed up. She went off to breakfast with David, but I wanted to go to the bank for money and possibly check out my airport transfer so I organized a bit and then did my errands. As I was taking a few photos of the square, an elderly man (probably my age) approached me and asked where …

Why is it that I can't remember what happened today?? oh, it is slowly coming back. I got off to a late start with my shower and trying to sort out what I needed for today. Clare and I met David in the lobby to go for breakfast. We went to Cafe Barista on the plaza and saw Roger already there, then Sarah and Terry arrived. The coffee was good …

It wasn't that I got up late because I didn't. I even went up to the roof to see if the volcano was clear but it was quite hazy. I couldn't decide what to do about breakfast at first so I ate some of my stash of walnuts and dates. I did a few things on the computer before going out. I headed out to the market by way of a street that looked as …

Entry containing 9 photos titled: Catedral de Santiago, Cerro de la Cruz, Coffee Plantation., Coffee Beans Drying, Main Courtyard, Nuns' Cells, Street in Antigua, Easter Procession

Hopefully, the video I made of the Easter procession will be attached to this blog post …

We were up and about by 7am as we'd woken up ridiculously early due to the time difference. (To be fair, we were fast asleep by 8pm last night Guatemalan time!)

So, after breakfast, (during which I learnt the Spanish for 'scrambled eggs'), we went on a city tour. We were the only people on the bus so it became a personalised tour. We went …

It's a festive day at Antigua today because I inadvertently stumbled upon the San Bartolomeo fiesta. I am surprised to find that Antigua is actually a veyr touristy place with so many Gringos (Americans) or estrangeros (foreigners).

Fiesta de San Bartolomeo

I was told that Antigua is busier than usual this weekend because of …

Buenas Tardes from Antigua, Guatemala!  This is a test blog, as it is the first one I have done. In future blogs I hope to have pictures, just figuring that part out, too. We left Albuquerque, New Mexico 1/19/08 and hopped to Phoenix, then ...

My biggest challenge was to come today, when I decided to leave Copan and attempt to hitch the 270 kilometre journey to Antigua, Guatemala. It was a five minute walk from the centre of Copan to the butterfly farm which sits beside the highway, and from ...

... flock here for it.  Today they were doing mock runs with dozens of people dressed in purple carrying religious floats around the plaza.  Every street is being cleaned, flowers are popping up left and right, and you can tell the people here ...

... del Obispo. Each little town has a central square with a big church, a cross, a fountain and four little stalls on the corners of the plaza that represent the cardinal directions. Each town also has its own festival date. One of the towns just had ...

... their website for current prices.  www.palaciochico.enantigua.com  Transport You can reach every corner of Guatemala from Antigua. The town’s streets are littered with travel agents all offering pretty much the same deals. If you ...

... to celebrate fr. martins birthday, age 71.  it may have been a surprise party.  about 12 seminarians from guatemala city were there.  central americans like to talk a lot so there was plenty of conversation.  they have ...

From Copan Ruinas you can take a shuttle directly to Antigua, Guatemala and avoid dealing with Guatemala City altogether.  Sounded like a great idea to me and well worth the $15. There is one that leaves at 6 am and another at noon.  Guess ...

... .... Tiguaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!¨ was the call of the small gentleman hanging off the side of our chicken bus as we took the bumpy road from Guatemala City to Antigua this afternoon. We were on our way out of GC, but not after a decent morning of ...

... her urgent cries of 'Keith, Karen - you buy from me today?!" every time we walked through the Plaza. As it is difficult to go anywhere in Antigua without walking through the Central Plaza we found we were looking for ways to sneak around without ...

... and plants all around. What a beautiful hotel. Hotel Quinta de las Flores Calle del Hermano Pedro No. 6, La Antigua Guatemala. Guatemala, Central America. When we arrived late on Saturday night it was dark, very dark and didn't know exactly where ...