Hotel Ajau Guatemala City

... my name on it cool.<br><br>Dos Lunas (two moons) is a basic but clean hotel with unbelievable customer service. <br><br>After a 5 min ride were at the hotel I had a package that include airport pickup, dinner, a room, breakfast, transportation to the bus stop and a ticket to Xela. They basically hold your hand the entire way all for $ 50.00 US

... t afford to be seen leaving people out onto the streets at four in the morning - heaven forbid. We eventually got out though and fell into bed not waking until one the next day - nice. <br><br>Our lessons went well. They started at eight in the morning and went through until twelve with a half hour break at ten. It was one to one, so Brian got a lady called Blanco and I had a man called Ceasar. It was quite daunting for the first day because they don´t ...

... as I come up and out without going deeper into the gutter and damaging the underside of the vehicle or running into the cliff wall now along side of the vehicle. <br><br>3rd attempt: Drive out of the gutter on a wooden plank. Nope... the engine is not strong enough to drive up the plank. Again, no movement! This is looking bad.<br><br>Final Attempt: The Guatemalans from the truck decide to get a rope and attach it to their truck and pull the van out. Images off ...

... to the side. Francisco really put on a grand show for us,,, saving the best for last!<br><br>I would certainly reccommend this man as the perfect guide. We were even invited to his family's home to meet his lovely wife, Marta, and their children. Marta's cooking specialty was tamales - which were delicious. We actually felt like one of the family by the time we left!<br><br>

... we stayed at the hostel. From the room's balcony we could see the Agua, Fuego and Pacaya volcano. Actually we saw the eruption of the Pacaya volcano. Very impressive. We stayed talking with the owners. They told us about the eruption of the pacaya volcano some years ago and how it covered all guatemala city to the point the ariport was closed for a week. <br><br>Tomorrow we'll go the downtown

... Even with my meandering, I was 15 minutes early. I was the only tourist this morning and got a personal escort to Cerro de la Cruz. What I thought was a guided walking tour turned out to be a ride to the top of the hill. I can not complain because I will have plenty of opportunity of hiking up a hill/mountain this afternoon. On the ride up, I spotted four young women making the trek unescorted and the location of the steps, which would have been the ...

... levée! Bon au moins, on n'a pas perdu la matinée. Petit-déj guatémaltèque: pain, fromage, black beans et café. On a prévu de visiter la ville, au détour d'une rue on tombe sur une procession, elles se font toutes les semaines (dimanche uniquement?) pendant les 40j précédent Pâques. C'est impressionnant de les voir porter une si lourde charge. Les hommes sont habillés de violet et les femmes de ...

We took a morning to the city and took a tour of the Congreso. It was pretty awesome. There was a meeting room with a mural that depicted Guatemalan history until the overthrow of Arbenz, when it was painted. It was just really something. We went up to the audience bleachers in the Congress room itself. A congresswoman came over ...

... the main plaza, was built in 1543 although it has been repeatedly reconstructed after earthquake damages. On the west side of the plaza is the Palacio del Ayuntamiento (City Hall, 1743) and on the north side the Catedral de Santiago (1542), patron saint of Antigua. The cathedral also suffered from extensive earthquake damage over the years and so is not very ornately decorated ...