Palacio de Dona Leonor Antigua Guatemala

... like sticks, string and tissue paper (little did i know this is pretty much the exact same thing the big kites are made out of). Under the scrutiny of Antonio, who seems like he might be getting tired of our antics recently, we built lopsided, uninspired objects that somewhat resembled a kite. I, seeing my opportunity to poke fun at a time honored guatemalan tradition, cut out the phrase 'Es Muy Facil' and ...

... The Guatemalans living in hillside villages often live very separately from city folk. They come to town 3 time a week on Market Days to sell their crops and handicrafts.<br><br>- Almost all Antiguans go home from 12-2PM for lunch.<br><br>- There are no traffic lights and stop signs are optional. Speed bumps give you a window of time for crossing the street.<br><br>- Your house cannot be painted outside the color scheme of approved colors.<br><br ...

... later that night. <br><br>We came down safely. Drenched in humidity and sweat! And tired! I do not really know what to make of this experience. I still feel sad, that I had to resort to taking a horse, but I did not see me getting there without it. Once I was climbing near the summit, I did not have any problems breathing. This climb was nothing like Mount Sinai &#8211; much worse! I suppose I am glad I did it, even though I was terrified when I was up there ...

Well we made the nightmare bus journey from Managua,Nicaruaga, we passed through Honduras and El Salvador, of course we have to pay for the privilege of passing through both countries, come on at least in South America you just have to flash your EU passport and leave the charges to the Americans behind you... but not in Central America.<br><br>We arrive in Guatemala city after staying the night in El Salvador... main aim... get the hell out of the capital city asap ...

... in de trotter goed omsschreven tentje gesloten of verdwenen...ofwel was de kwaliteit onder de maat.<br>Anyway....we hebben regelmatig leuke avonden gehad met locals in ViaVia en hebben daar uiteindelijk ook een trip van een dag en een nacht naar een Vinca geboekt welke een uur rijden van de stad lag....midden in de bergen.<br>We vertrokken op zondag ochtend om 8 uur vanaf Via Via met een busje gevuld met drie Belgen (moeder en twee dochters), een amerikaans stel met kind, een ...

We got a cab to the bus station in Santa Rosa to go to La Palma in El Salvador. The cab was at least 30 years old, completely battered and full of bags of litter off the street and flies when we got in. Luckily the bus station wasn´t far. The bus took us to the border where we were the only ones getting off. A lady came on and briefly looked at our passports then we grabbed our bags and wandered over the unguarded ...

I´m staying in a rustic cabana on the edge of a small town in the north of El Salvador and today there´s an international conference happening down the path!! Delegates keep making themselves comfortable in my hammock! I´ve worked out from the vehicles parked that they are national park officials from Honduras and Guatemala as well as locals. If I´d realised my peace was going to be disturbed to this ...

So after a chicken bus, med bus tuk tuk taxi luxiory bus and then anothet chicken bus i have arrived! Thing is in central america there are no directs lots of times thus u end up going in a big circle rather then direct. Anyways just to say how nice people in el salvador are At one of my transfer points 2 guys around 20 lead me to the bus station, missed there bus to make sure i safely got on the correct bus, Imagine that! So nice folks!

Just a stop over at 8km from El Poy border crossing, which closes at 6pm, otherwise we would have carried on. Tomorrow we are heading to San Salvador. The town has no paved road and it is rainy here so the streets are all muddy it doesn´t make it easy to walk around.