Hmmm...it's become apparent to me as I'm writing this that in every entry I rave about the beauty of a town or the friendliness of the people and you're probably thinking...yeah right, it's not always roses...and sure, there has been the occasional person who wasn't very friendly and some of the small villages we've passed along the way have bee...

Antigua Greetings from Antigua. This is the most popular place for tourists to visit. Full of Spanish colonial architecture dating back to 1550, it is a wonderful city to photograph. It is also small enough that you can walk instead of taking taxis. The streets are cobblestone, sidewalks narrow and uneven. The building walls seem rather dull fro...

Arrived in the much calmer Antigua after short "chicken bus" trip from Guatemala City. Getting on the bus was quite funny and demonstrated I hadnt completely lost my paranoia about Guat City. Typically the buses have a driver and a wingman who hangs out the door shouting out where the bus is going , trying to beckon passengers on board and takin...

So, we are safe, and alive... nothing to worry about! Have just been on an island in the Caribean, with no access to internet. I am going to try and backtrack a bit, so anyone reading can see what we have been up to! Once again, the connection is slow, so no pictures. We might have to do that in Canada :( Also... I might gloss over some things, ...

BACK IN ANTIGUA When I first started planning my mom's trip to Costa Rica, she mentioned that she wanted to visit Panama while she was here. I quickly sold her on visiting Guatemala instead. I absolutely loved it the first time I visited with Carolina and would use any excuse to return! Benigno came to pick us up at the airport (remember him fr...

Antigua is like a larger, prettier version of Paraty in Brazil (MT you spoiled Antigua on me...). Serious amounts of backpackers and probably a little too pretty, we arrived after an overnight bus from Flores. Took us 5 hours before we got into our room in the hostel, so wasnīt exactly feeling top of the world, but they had lots of comforts we h...