Chalet Suizo Guatemala City

... we arrived in Guatemala City, expecting<br>to be overwhelmed with taxi drivers and hotel people wanting our<br>attention. It actually wasn´t too bad, however, and we took a taxi to<br>the hotel recommended in LG. We have already had several convos with<br>the Guatemalans in Spanish, and they have worked out pretty well. Susan<br>likes to talk and pulls ridiculously rando vocab from who knows where,<br>but doesn´t understand anything when they respond. She just points at<br ...

... nearby was extremely hot, but at first I couldn&#8217;t see it. I walked over to a small gathering of people, and there it was: a hole in the very earth, a bright red sore on the side of the mountain. The heat was almost unbearable but so was my curiosity. I had to get closer. One of the other guides had brought some marshmallows and, placing them on a stick, he held them over the glowing wound. Watching it burst into ...

... we all sang happy birthday. Best. Birthday. Ever. Told that we were being too loud at dinner.<br> After dinner we head down to the lake bringing our new friends from dinner. Even though we were loud we attracted 5 additional fun loving people to our group. Guitar and mandolin come out. Big hit.<br> Small world: Steph runs into not one but two people from her hometown at this hotel.<br> At one point during the night a ...

We called a yellow taxi from our hostel to the historic center. It's a route to get to know the most touristic places of the downtown by walking. It's called the historic route or historic center. So we got a map and decided to do it. <br><br>The first thing to see in the route is the Cathedral. It is a huge 300-year old church with amazing marble altars inside. Very impressive. The church's entrance is surrounded by several columns. On ...

... hillside to view the city from Cerro de la Cruz. It was highly recommended by the various guide books not to make this trip alone because of the potential of robbery. The local tourist police provided guided escorts up the hill at 10 am and 3 pm. Using the map in the Fodder's guidebook, I headed to the tourist police headquarters to find they are no longer located in that building. After asking a few people (difficult task considering I do not ...

... forest in Costa Rica- cheaper, less crowded. - Depending on what route we go and if i want to do dive course we may spend a week here or just travel through Nicaragua : Budget (Tight budget) $30-40/day Eg comida corriente (set lunch menu) $2.70 Restaurant meal $6-20 Breakfast approx $4-5 Info: - No visa required - Visit Granada, colonial ...

... place with 18 concentric cells around a circular patio. The cells were tiny and rather claustrophobic where the nuns used to sleep. We saw 1-2 other churches (ruins in part) though I can't remember the name of them for the moment before popping our heads into the textiles museum. It was a fascinating place as they explained the different outfits worn by the people of Guatemala and how you could tell which region they came from depending on the ...

... set off. Not at any speed mind you as he said that he needed to keep checking his breaks, the car Kangarooed every few meters as his foot flattened on the break.. the road was flat. With a little bit of encouragement from me we set off at a normalish speed. The road did suddenly descend steeply into the abis :) and various hairpin turns. There were also emergency ramps for those cars who's brakes had over heated, so that ...

... the outskirts of the city, out of sight and out of mind, they are actually located right in the middle of the city. This means that the slums are virtually right beside high-rises, malls, car dealerships, and the like. It's an incredible thing to see. Our first stop was at a massive relief map of Guatemala. Apparently it was constructed some decades ago and before airplanes really existed in Guatemala, which meant that all the surveying and whatnot ...

... free wi-fi in cafes now, cooollll&#8230; Thailand&#8217;s way behind on that. So I&#8217;ll be good for a couple days. This is when cafes had them, but most hotels didn&#8217;t, so I try to find a room close enough to get the signal, but no luck. Back then that&#8217;s good enough, but not any more, not for long. Antigua&#8217;s full of colonial ruins, so I do a lot of sight-seeing, though I&#8217;ve seen ...