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Antigua
Travel Blogs from Antigua, Guatemala
GVI and getting mugged
... there was a girl who had just gotten her passport and money stolen the night before. then an older woman who had been in antigua for awhile, and around central america was giving me advice on how to be careful with my things.. put money in my socks, ...
Pacaya Pacaya Pacaya
... from here is at night, so thanks to the Internet and our new amigo Carlo (the owner of one of the posadas we stayed at in Antigua) we have also posted shots of the volcano erupting at night! We can't take credit for them but we sure have heard it and ...
Drawn in by Antigua
... then a few of them told me I couldn't get to Antigua that night because the roads were flooded. So I reluctantly picked a hotel in Guatemala City and a taxi driver said we'd just go by the bus barn in case there were buses going to Antigua after all, ...
Wochenende!
... es auch nicht zu wild morgen werden. Ach, ja - heute war landesweit eine Protestaktion gegen die andauernde Gewalt in Guatemala. Es gab Kundgebungen, viele Menschen trugen weisse Schleifen und auch die Häuser waren oft beschleift. Nun denn, ich ...
Volcano Pacaya
Rano vyrazime z mestecka Coban smerem na jih do krasneho kolonialniho mestecka Antigua, ktere je v soucasnosti proslule tim, ze se zde vyucuje spanelstina. Krome toho se nachazi meste mezi sopkami, z nichz jedna je stale aktivni. A presne na tu jsme se ...
Volcan Pacaya
We hiked Volcan pacaya today. The hike was quite treacherous even though it was only 3.5 km each way. The first part was quite steep and then it was not as steep and then we got to the part that is loose lava rock so every time I took 3 steps ...
Relaxing in Antigua
... day and find a flight to Panama, having heard it was great. But then at midnight we changed our minds and decided to stay in Guatemala another week and head to the highlands. We arrived in Antigua on Easter Sunday, one of the busiest times of the year and ...
Spanish school and volcanoes.
Antigua learn Spanish On the monday I headed back to Antigua for a week of spanish lessons. I went to a different hostel in the hope that there would be more people. There were. One other dude called brad. Luckily he was cool and from new zealand as ...
Dancing like your dad and hot steps on a volcano
9th March 2010 Hostal Viajero, Antigua, Guatemala (90 Qs) Cooling down now Guate – Antigua (43 kms) What a lovely time we had with Bev, Clark and Candice. The visit was wound up by an evening out at Flights, a wine bar where you get to taste wines ...
Veilig aangekomen!!
Hola allemaal!! Wij zijn na een lange en vermoeiende reis gisteravond precies volgens schema aangekomen in Guatemala City. Al onze koffers waren ook goed meegekomen en bij de uitgang van het vliegveld stond Vinicio (taxichauffeur) ons al glimlachend met ...
Koreaner ...
Hallo, gestern wurde es ein wenig spät, daher kommt jetzt erst mein Bericht von gestern (nachdem mir der Text gerade eben schon einmal beim Hochladen komplett abgeschmiert ist) Ich hab gestern das erste Mal eine hiesige Wäscherei benutzt - man ...
Antigua, Guatemala... New Years Party
... , again, it was time to go to the market and see if there was anything cheap we could haggle for! At 6pm (Guatemala time) we ran to the phone to surprise home by ringing at Midnight (Irish time). That was really cool and gave us the ...
In the beginning...
... appeared to be native Guatemalans, with the rest being American families with children. At first, I was thinking that Guatemala City seemed like somewhat of a strange vacation choice for families with young children. Then I realized ...
My first weekend in Antigua
Friday morning I woke up at 0530!!! Apparently, the jetlag was still getting the better of me. Postponed getting up as much as possible, and when I finally had showered and was hungry it was only 0645 and I realised that there would be no breakfast ...
Ancient Antigua
... hour bus wait, one 4 hour bus ride, one fairly swift border crossing, and two dubbed Jim Carey movies later, arrived in Guatemala City. Two minutes after arriving in Guatemala City (eurgh!) we were on another bus (even more pimped-out than the Salvadorian ...
One the road again ...
... . den Sinn verstand. Das lässt mich für die anderen Länder (ausser Brasilien ;-) ) hoffen. Die Rückfahrt aus Guatemala City war auch unkompliziert, allerdings hatte es der Fahrer wohl eilig und donnerte förmlich durch die Strassen, einmal fehlte ...
Yellow House
Buenas! Took a massive nine hours to reach Antigua (instead of six) thanks to rush hour weekend traffic in Guatemala City! Guatemala city is huge, busy and interesting looking, even if is does have Mcdonald's mania! But since I didn't stay here I won't go ...
More work
Just doing this to upload pictures for everyone to see that it's not a holiday and that I am working hard ...
Life in Antigua
... to do this for HOURS!! Tuesday, after school, i went with the rest of the spanish students to a small pueblo outside Antigua and played santa claus. There were over 100 kids there--we played games and handed out christmas presents. The ...
Extortion, Antigua
... these experiences? Of course I would! This is an incredible place, with incredible people, incredible landscapes, and incredible customs. Guatemala has a special place in my heart, not only because my girlfriend is from there but also because we spent a ...
1st night in Antigua
Well yesterday we arrived in Antigua at around 12pm, getting there was a defiantly an experience. We took our first chicken bus from the city to Antigua, a 40 min. drive that cost only roughly $1. Upon arriving in Antigua we decided to tour the city and ...
PICTURES FROM YESTERDAY!
So last night was fun. very pretty central park and a lot of people were out. the restaurant was delicious. it wasn't traditional food but i had a tasty tomato tarragon soup with cajun chicken quesadillas. mmm\! and the music was latin guitar guy who ...
volcan pacaya, the black cat, earthlodge
... to germany.. the next day because the black cat was having plumming done we went to this place called the earthlodge right above antigua.. it was a mountain getaway only 15 minutes away... adn they made the best food.. fresh bacon ..mm.. i found out ...
Last entry for Antigua!
... 2 bucks -watched a marimba band play in a courtyard -walked up to the top of a hill that overlooked antigua -sat in the park with some lemonade and watched elderly american tourists... THEN...................... dun dun dun... INCARNACIO DE ...
Blessing from God
... in 1773 and moved the capital to present day Guatemala City. The former capital was renamed La Antigua Guatemala (the Old Guatemala). This was a blessing in distinguish because only the poorest inhabitants remained. Since they were of ...
Antigua and first day of school
Hi, Well had another tour of the city and took some more pictures. Nice to meet other international students from the school. First class of Spanish, oh my god, concentrating for 4 hours was tough and my teacher doesnt really speak ...
Forste 4 uger i Antigua
... . Rigtig god tur. Der er en super flot natur. Kan helt sikkert anbefales. Ellers er det meste af tiden gaaet i Antigua med forskellige aktiviteter med skolen. Har blandt andet vaeret paa en kaffeplantation og til `bryllup´ hvor jeg horte om mayakulturen. ...
An old Western movie - Guatemala - Antigua
... for Aussie´s who have no volcanoes, let alone earthquakes back home. It has been such a financial relief, arriving in Guatemala after Brazil, the conversion rate is approx AUS$1.00 to Q7.00 (Quetzels) and a 3 course meal with drinks at ...