Hotel Casa Serena Guatemala City

Rained so hard last night it wasn't possible to go out of the hotel without better shoes and another change of clothes! So we had the worst meal of our trip at the hotel. Even had to get wet walking thru the lobby which is open to the sky. Amazing rain AND the rainy season is over!!! Got a taxi to the Flores airport for our early TACA flight to Guate City. What a beautiful new ...

... Big fat rain and huge rumble of thunder. It was touch and go as to whether or not the tour would go ahead but in the end they decided to risk it. The volcano was an hour away and we were met off the bus by ten or so children screaming at us ´stick, stick, hey friend you want stick?´ They were selling walking sticks for five quetzals and were obviously in competition with one another as to who could make the most money from the stupid gringos. They ...

15. 7. 2009<br>Po dveh dneh sva dobila prtljago, ceprav sva jo v mislih ze odpisala. Pot sva nadaljevala v Antiguo, ki je 50 km oddaljena od prestolnice. Antigua je bila prvotno prestolnica drzave, vendar so zaradi nenehnih potresov glavno mesto prestavili v Gvatemalo City. <br><br>Antigua je idilicno mestece med tremi vulkani. Veliko popotnikov zaide sem, da se ucijo ...

... Razlike v slojih prebivalstva so velike in takoj opazne. Ob cestah lahko vidis sedemletne fantke, ki si sluzijo denar s ciscenjem cevljev, berace...mimo tebe pa se lahko pripelje tudi avtomobil za vec kot 100 000 evrov. Na eni strani se lahko sprehajas po lokalni trznici in kupujes zelo poceni, na drugi strani pa lahko zapravljas ogromne kolicine denarja v modernih nakupovalnih centrih. <br><br><br>

... 2 -3-2 so Anwen and I were next to each other and the window without being trapped in by someone else. They also had an awesome music channel which lead to us mouthing and dancing along to ABBA J And the food &#8211; which they apparently pride themselves on was surprisingly nice! All in all not a bad little trip. We met a couple of English boys from our flight at Mexico City (when we were all a bit confused by having to go through immigration just to leave ...

... you gain entry into the museum dedicated to his life and the ruins of the monastery. In the museum you were not allowed to take pictures, but it housed several hundred testimonials to the miraculous interventions attributed to this monk. In 2002, he was canonized and became Central America's first saint. The ruins was just as impressive with gardens laid out among the remains of fountains and other buildings of the monastery. <br> <br>Since I still ...

On décolle de Madrid avec 1h de retard qu'on ne rattrapera jamais... Ana et Nancy sont a l'aéroport à Guatemala City pour nous accueillir. On part donc pour Antigua où la famille d'Ana a une maison. On passe la soirée avec toute sa famille soit une 20taine de personnes. Malheureusement la journée a été longue (14h de vol plus 7h de décalage horaire) alors la soirée sera courte.

... I spend to much time thinking about them and writing them. Hopefully I can still convey my thoughts and feelings about experiences I have here. Last night Marta's friend and her son were in a car accident. She was pregnant. I bought a guitar from a friend. She bought it when she first got here and decided she didn't play it enough.

... working because you saw what happened to Recollecion in 1773... The attached convent is the site of the Fuente de Pescados, Central America's largest fountain at 80 feet in diameter. I was sorry not to spend more time in Antigua and I had intended to explore the highlands some more but it was just too cold. So after two nights I took an early shuttle and caught the bus to Flores...

... on this experience in another entry. But just another tidbit: Gallo. Gallo is Guatemala's national beer, who's symbol of a rooster's head can be seen everywhere. I'd heard about it before I left for Guatemala and had been pretty eager to try it. Seriously, it's a huge thing here, like Pollo Campero. It's actually pretty alright (it's not Great Western Light) and conveniently comes in litre bottles. Oh, I just decided to drop my economics class ...