Posada Don Valentino Antigua Guatemala

... like a disease when i say it out loud). These kites were absolutely massive. I would say at least 50 feet in the air. It was quite the sight.<br><br> Our first order of business after brushing off the speaking challenged tour guides was getting a closer look at these kites. From afar the shear size of them alone was enough to make us stop but up close you could really see the artistry. Each one is made of ...

... Antigua honestly quickly seemed kind of uneventful and a little bit tiresome. After all, you can only spend so much time on the internet every day, and even though you are visiting different cafés, it just more of the same. But my favorite spots have been here at Fernando's Kaffee, Luna de Miel (where I had an excuse for speaking French and not Spanish) and Rainbow Café. <br><br>We also spent some afternoon going to the market, and yesterday I ended ...

... with the help of Damian, we were on our way to Antigua. The<br>non-tourist buses here are converted school buses painted incredibly<br>colorfully that blare lively music and are jam packed with Guatemalans.<br>And they go very fast. Our elementary school bus driver (Mr. Parker?<br>And yes, we rode the same bus) could never have pushed our bus to these<br>kind of breakneck speeds. But ours sure did, climbing away from the<br>city into the surrounding green hills ...

... probably wasn&#8217;t going to get any of the money, so I bought it. The volcano was active with rich soil so the vegetation was thick, and that was pretty much all we could see because the view was hindered by clouds and steam. After an hour of trekking, the green all of a sudden completely ...

... hard to potray how crazy this tour was... we get to the top and you can just feel the heat underneath you...it was something like 200 degree heat... absolutely nuts.. then we climb over rocks with lava underneath them... if you loose your footing you are one fried chicken leg.. then we get to the most amazing sight ever.... tons of lava just flowing down the mountain... we are all trying to breathe with the heat and the element of danger... some girls around me are ...

... in that this would get us there in the dark. However, luckily a friendly Spanish teacher took pity on us and showed us to somewhere cheap where we collapsed onto to beds and got a rather early night!!<br><br>On Monday we awoke to find that I had no voice&#8230; fun! Whilst I made the most of a lie in, Anwen went and found us a nicer place to stay for our remaining two nights (another los ...

... meer en alleen nog maar zwarte rotsen in allerlei grillige vormen (lava dus ;-). Opzich al een bijzondere ervaring maar vooral het zien van magma (nog vloeibare lava) was bijzonder. Al toen we pas in de verte een streepje oranje zagen werd het steeds warmer onder onze voeten (bij sommige mensen waren de zolen aan het eind van de wandeling bijna volledig weggesmolten).<br>Dichterbij was het nog mooier: je kon het magma langzaam zien ...

... cuisson et à ceci sur votre assiette. Un "pache" c'est donc un tamal contenant de la puree de pommes de terres et un morceau de viande, dans mon cas, un morceau de poulet. Il se trouve que le lendemain, samedi 18 avril, vers 18h, mon chemin croise une dame vendant des tamales au coin de la rue. Elle offre des tamales colorados (salés, avec sauce tomate et viande), tamales negros (sucrés) et des paches ! Malheureusement ...

... in the courtyard of our hostal, enjoying the warmth. In the evening Daryl and I went to the main city square to find dinner. We found a place serving typical Guatemalan food and ordered a plate with various local specialities. The food was delicious, especially the capsicums stuffed with mince and salsa. The plate also had pork fillets and ...

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