Hotel Casa Concepcion Antigua Guatemala

Chicken buses, Montezuma's Revenge laced water, sketchy food, and chaotic cities...I am totally back in my element after a first world detour through Australia, though it was a nice one. I landed in Guatemala City with no idea where I wanted to head first so Antigua was a spontaneous choice I made right as I was exiting baggage claim. Yeah, my first time here was that good a few years ago that I wanted to see the city again. And besides, it saved having to ...

... s flight had been delayed by an hour from Atlanta! She eventually walked through and we herded her into a cab and out of Guatemala City before she could even blink and headed out to Antigua. <br><br>Our friends back in London had put together a little surprise for Al and I after our hijacking incident. A group of our friends had put money together to buy us a new camera! We had no idea about this until Lynda had sent us an email a few days before she got to Central ...

... about revolutionaries which would have been interesting if my Spanish was better. All I remember was it had a Che lookalike but he unfortunately had a unibrow. The bus door flew open as we drove, it stayed that way for the couple of hours until we arrived at our final destination. I also noticed a lack of pigs in country areas&#8230;consequence of swine flu or just not pet material in Guatemala? I&#8217;ll leave that up to you to think about&#8230; deep (like a puddle.. &#8211; Shane)<br><br>

... zijn MEGA zonnebril. Vervolgens "stopte" hij bij iedereen die zijn hand op stak met piepende remmen welke vervolgens al rijdend de bus insprongen. De bijrijder dirigeerde iedere nieuwkomer op een hoek van een bank met als gevolg dat het gangpad een wirwar van benen en tassen werd. Hier en daar werd door de "chauffeur" een hobbel over het hoofd gezien waarbij we met 80 km per uur een centimeter of 20 van onze stoel kwamen. Ook moet ...

... closed because of it. Anyways it was a great experience. <br><br>As the day ended we were tired because of the walking and sad because of the expensive tour...we headed to a cafe the driver had recommended us, that is next to the central park (cafe condesa). Very nice place, with a very beautiful garden and they serve great shakes with all kind of fruit mixtures. Truly recommended! <br><br>It rained during the afternoon again while we were at ...

... with chicken-buses, they are old donated school buses that have souped-up engines, lots of pimped out paint and chrome and no emission controls. As my house mate cleverly put it: exhaust shouldn't cast a shadow. But the black fumes from chicken-buses certainly do. It's wise to choose the most ornately decorated, washed and polished bus, as that means that the driver not only takes pride in his ride, he will also have ...

... mmm sulphur! It was then incredible to get within 150m of actual molten lava...cue screechy Beverly Hills American accent, "Oh mah gahsh its lahvah". The light was fading so the lava was more visible but unfortunately it wasn't great for taking pics. So the streak of red you see in the photos is 'lahvah'. Its amazing how safety conscious the rest of the world is and here Brad was scrambling up an active volcano in the dark within firing range of 'lahvah bombs'!!!! The ride back ...

... es zwecks Essensmenge,-zustand sowie Wand**tempo ein paar Auseinand**setzungen gab ("Karin, hast du etwa heimlich das Brot gegessen???" Ja, nachts krabbel ich g**ne mal aus dem Zelt und pluend**e Essenstueten...Klar). Das wenig vorhandene und nach noch we***** schmeckende Essen teilten wir in d** Gruppe brued**lich und v**suchten das Ganze durch einen selbst g**oesteten Bananenkaffee mit einem Hauch von v**branntem Plastik aufzubess**n. Od** mit dem Tequila von Arno - bei dem ...