Guatemala City Forum

Getting To Xela from Airport? Spanish Schools? - Xela, Guatemala travel question

Posted by merebear

... tips would be appreciated! Also, I haven't picked my school yet, so any tips there are also appreciated. Are you flying into Guatemala City? I studied 2 years ago in San Pedro de Atitlan. It won't be as long as a bus ride. I went to Casa ...

Renting a car

Posted by mmbcross

... and Gatorade. The kids enjoy the food, and the clothes, although usually too large for locals, can be sold in Guatemala City. Unfortunately, this redistribution of wealth gives Guatemalan tourism a poor image. The Tourist Commission, emerging from its ...

Renting a car

Posted by mmbcross

... years. Is there a risk of carjacking? Yes, but it's pretty remote and the only place it is likely to happen is in Guatemala City. I never had a problem in six years, yet a friend of mine was carjacked in his first week after arrival in Guate. Don't ...

Renting a car

Posted by mmbcross

... (side trip to Caye Caulker) - San Ignacio - Flores/Tikal (Guatemala) - Rio Dulce - Side trip to Copan, Honduras - Guatemala City (go through - don't stop) - Antigua - Chichicastenango - Panajachel/Lake Atitlan - Quetzaltenango - Huehuetenango - La ...

El Mirador, Guatemala

Posted by zoriloco

... El Tigre Pyramid, the largest solid building by cubic meters in America today; and Nakb�, with incredible art work on it's structures. We depart Guatemala City, not by helicopter, but by 4 x 4 on Saturday at 04:00, and by 04:30 we are stopping at the ...

16 days in Guatemala & Belize

Posted by niaandandrew

Helloo Planning to take our honeymoon in Guatemala and Belize in June next year. We'll be flying into Guatemala City and out of Cancun 17 days later. We want to include time hiking (probably volcanoes and forests), diving, markets / small villages, ...

dangers? - Antique travel question

Posted by tripumdiewelt

... you can become victim of a robbery or theft. We were unlucky. They stole our bagpack right in the Tica-Bus Station in Guatemala City (2 Meters next to the security guard). But thats not enough - our Bus was stopped close to the border to El Salvador. ...

Renting a car

Posted by mmbcross

... (side trip to Caye Caulker) - San Ignacio - Flores/Tikal (Guatemala) - Rio Dulce - Side trip to Copan, Honduras - Guatemala City (go through - don't stop) - Antigua - Chichicastenango - Panajachel/Lake Atitlan - Quetzaltenango - Huehuetenango - La ...

Busing from Antigua Guatemala to Cancun

Posted by mmbcross

Yes, it's quite possible. Here's what I recommend. You travel Antigua - Guatemala City - Flores - Belice - Chetumal - Cancun. Each section can be purchased separately, as I'm sure you will want to stay over in Flores (Tikal) and Belice. Here&# ...

El Mirador, Guatemala

Posted by mmbcross

... El Tigre Pyramid, the largest solid building by cubic meters in America today; and Nakb�, with incredible art work on it's structures. We depart Guatemala City, not by helicopter, but by 4 x 4 on Saturday at 04:00, and by 04:30 we are stopping at the ...

Travel from Antigua to Grenada, Nic

Posted by pdxpapito

... to get from Antigua to Grenada without the chicken bus experience. I know there is Ticabus that takes basically two days from Guatemala City with an overnight in San Salvador. I have been told about minivans that might expidite the trip. But haven't ...

Renting a car

Posted by troispistoles

Thanks for the advice! Diving and hiking is our prime objective, so that's a good tip. Also we are not interested in big cities... so Guatemala city will be left out like you said! Any volcanos you recommend hiking? Thanks again!

Traveling to Paraguay for first time!! Help! - Encarnacion travel question

Posted by mmbcross

... here" A Mayan girl, orphaned by war, returns to her roots with Sally Tisdale, who adopted her. We slipped into Guatemala City through grand heaping clouds thick as snowbanks. When at last we broke through, my daughter clambered over her father's lap ...

Quick run down of cool stuff to do in El Savador? ATV tours? Beaches? Jungle tours?

Posted by starlagurl

... only 45 minutes southwest of Guatemala City (42 Km.) by paved divided highway. For budget travellers buses to Antigua leave Zona (Zone)3 in Guatemala city every 10-15 minutes during the day. No No's: Do not plan JUST for a "vacation". Plan ...

driving through mexico alone????

Posted by progreen

Posted on Dec 4, 2012, 23:05:40

... WORSE 25 miles/2 hours! ever traveled. Brutal, dusty and exhausting! Go through Managua. Also, getting through Guatemala City was an expected nightmare. Having previewed that Megalopolis with Jeff, going down (and having some guidance by ...