Posada el Viajero Antigua Guatemala

... saying that they had raised x amount and that a new Lumix was heading our way! Thanks again to all of those who contributed and I am happy to say that all photos in the forthcoming blogs are now from our new little baby! <br><br>Antigua is a really lovely, colonial city nestled amongst three volcanoes about an hour outside of Guatemala City although it feels a world away from the dangers that lurk in GC. We booked ourselves into the Black Cat Hostel and then went ...

<br><br>Sooooooo, where to start now?! I&#8217;ve been pretty terrible at keeping up with this, as per usual! <br>I was gonna backdate tales of St Vincent, but it&#8217;s pretty hard to capture the moment so long after it happened, and my head feels like it may explode soon &#8211; typical me got the cold in St Vincent, and 1 week later it&#8217;s still going strong! I think I should start taking Vitamin tablets!<br><br>The last days ...

... onderstel van een 2CV zijn geweest want in sommige bochten stonden in de opbergvakken boven ons de losse banden van de opgeborgen rugzakken horizontaal in de lucht. Het ging hard!!! Al vloekend en lachend vervolgden we onze reis waarbij we met de minuut meer vertrouwen kregen in de grip van de opgewarmde gladiaal banden en de rijkunst van de 'chauffeur', die al rijdend in het dashboard een nieuwe meezinger had weten te duwen. Wat ...

... cafe, but it was good, since after rain we got to see the Volcan de Agua for the first time and the rain made everyone to run for shelter, so the streets were all empty. Since the main avenue is closed during the weekends, they had placed carts with flowers. So it all looked like if we were in a movie set. Very beautiful. <br><br>We went back to the hostel to get ready for the next day that we're going to Pacaya volcano to see some lava! So exciting!

... the brakes and the engine. Chicken-bus accidents and breakdowns are all too common. It takes two people to drive a chicken-bus. One to take the wheel, and another to hang on to the open door calling out the abbreviated destinations in a sing-song voice..."Guate, Guate, Guate"...is what you here from the many buses destined for Guatemala city. The conductor swings from the open door calling out, and jumping off at every ...

... the bus was just as exciting sitting next to our man Dan from 'Nam as he enlightened Brad with some more stories. One in particular was about how he had hurt his hand a few weeks ago and couldn't zip up his own pants(???)...followed shortly by the story of his childhood science fair where he built a volcano...."he couldn't zip up his own pants but he built a volcano"...friends of Brian Regan I kid you not. Brad had to do everything in his power not to burst out laughing. Then we left.

... lichen Anblick uns**es Zeltes eine tolle Idee! Am zweiten Tag **kaempften wir uns dann hartnaeckig ein ordentliches Mittagessen, deckten uns mit Whiskey und Bi** ein und genossen die Nacht in den B**gen mit traumhaftem Blick auf den See. Irgendwie hatten wir bzw. uns** Guide auch geschafft, den Groll d** Dorffrauen auf uns zu ziehen. Wir wurden ab** gottseidank wed** v**jagt noch v**hext und wachten zu einem schoenen Sonnenaufgang auf (Die Jungs hatten direkt draussen ...