Casa D'Acuna Coban

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4a Calle 3-11, Zona 2 Coban, Western Highlands, Guatemala, 951-0482

Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at the Casa D'Acuna Coban

"El Retiro" isn't for The Retired Guy

COBAN Notes to backpackers:
Where to stay: The Casa Acuna is a little froo-froo and a bed is 50Q. The newer Casa Blanca is on the square, more chill, and a bed is 30Q a night.
Where to eat: Lots of comedors and cafeterias on the square.
Other stuff: Check to make sure the orchids are in bloom before heading to the nursery.

LANQUIN or SEMUC CHAMPEY Notes to backpackers:
Where to stay: El Retiro is fun to party at, but the hostel 2 minutes further down the road is a little...

Lanquin, Guatemala globehugger
Paradise all over again!

Hello all! Well, we´ve had a pretty jam-packed few days here... and have definitely had some fantastic adventures to round out our time in Guatemala. Saturday was a long one. We left Antigua at 11am after a bountiful breakfast at The Black Cat. Our shuttle dropped us at the Monja Blanca bus terminal in Guate and then we hopped on the Cobán-bound bus. The drive up was fascinating -- we passed through all different terrains and finally ended up in the middle of steeply rolling hills and dense c...

Semuc Champey/Cobán, Guatemala kendranaaron
Heading south to Ross´ Paradise

Travelling to Coban by car was wonderful with Carol and Chris, the American couple who were teaching at an American school in Guatemala City. They had stories to share about life in Guatemala and were a wealth of good information. About halfway to Coban, we had to cross a river on a ferry behind a big truck full of cattle. It was an unusual crossing but a pleasant one. Who knows why a bridge didn't cross the river. It wasn' that big... When we got to Coban, we decided to stay in the same hote...

Coban, Western Highlands, Guatemala ladyandtramp
Scenic Ride

The trip east to Coban occurred through a series of crowded minibuses draped with stunning mountain vista scenery at varying speeds, occasionally coming to a complete stop while half a dozen excavators reshaped the mountainside dirt road ahead.

Coban, Guatemala miller.time
Semac Champey

Sixty kilometers east of Coban, Semuc Chanpey is an underground river that flows into limestone pools strung along between lushly vegetated mountains. Swimming and diving between the pools was amazing fun and full of great views. Later in the afternoon we went to the caves of Lanaquin which are full of bats, geological formations, and Mayan religious paraphernalia.

Coban, Guatemala miller.time
Coban

Hated my hostel in Lanquin, so got a head start in Coban. Only stayed overnight at Casa D´Acuña, which was a very pleasant place.

Coban, Guatemala wrymouthale

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The Most Beautiful Place in Guatemala

... had met back in Belize. They´re two great guys from Isreal, Coma and Taboo. Those aren´t their real names, but the ones they use when they travel because they´re easy to remember and pronounce, or maybe they're hiding from someone. Anyway, I wanted to hang out with them so I asked if I could join them to Antigua. They said, "Yeah, man".

Lanquin, Guatemala tonka_eng
Semuc Champey

... as it is, towards the end of the Latin segment of my trip, I'm getting increasingly lazy about DIY-tour organization (nearly as lazy as I'm getting at updating this blog), so we just signed up through El Retiro for the Semuc Champey tour, which involved a number of different aspects. Firstly, there was the caving element, which involves wading through a semi-submerged cave system with candles lighting your way, climbing up ...

Lanquin, Guatemala roryd
Bargé

... that we had actually walked past twice, but never notice. We venture inside

We walk into a bar to find no one expect six or so very well dressed men. Well...there is at least a dance floor and some music. We walk up to a bar and I notice a pamplet on the bar with two halfnaked men on it stating "Its not important with who you want to do it...what is important is that you use a condom". All the pieces suddently fall into place, what probably ...

Xelaju, Western Highlands, Guatemala katywade
Höhlen und Baden

... gesehen.
Abends dann noch in eine Höhle die sehr touristisch ist, sehr große Hallen, etwas runtergekommen weil viel befahren, und mit elektrischem Licht. Abends gegen 6:30 kommen dann aber abertausende von Fledermäusen aus der Höhle um auf Nahrungssuche zu gehen. Auch wenn man ihnen dabei im Weg steht, können sie doch ganz gut um einen herumnavigieren. Fetzt aber.

Lanquin, Guatemala hallouwe
Coban

... dirty city, where we got lost again. We kept asking people to show us the way, and the map in our Lonely Planet didnt work at all.

We finally took the first hotel we found... and discovery it was next to the "highway" of the city. We didnt sleep much... and complained at the hotel the following morning.

We argued with ...

Coban, Western Highlands, Guatemala troispistoles
Back to Basics

... us onsite.

The restaurant has potential, it looks like it is well stocked with beer. On the back wall there are bottles and cans of beer and they even have taps! This place has potential.

Psyche!

The bottles and cans are just for show. They only have the beer on tap. So we are robbed for Sol and Gallo Dark. We wallow in pitchers of ...

Rabinal, Guatemala travelrob

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