Quinta de las Flores
Travel Blogs from Antigua Guatemala
Tikal (A long time ago, in a land far, far away)
Humble apologies for the lateness of this entry folks - don't be confused if you've looked at this entry before and the cupboard was bare - it is being written almost 2 weeks late because internet prices in Belize are excruciatingly expensive ($5USD per hour as opposed to about $0.60 in Honduras where this is now being written). Righto. Awoke at 4. …
La Antigua
Our first real day in the little mountain town in the Western Highland of Guatemala was not quite what we expected. Actually our expectations were much lower, based off our stereo types created from the little time spent in Baja Mexico. Our hotel was nice and clean and the grounds were like walking in a private garden with bricked paths, fountains …
Back to the Colonial Days in Antigua
We flew back to Guatemala City, where we were picked up at the airport by our a driver from our hotel in Antigua. Antigua is 45 minutes away from Guatemala City and was the old capital before it was struck by series of earthquakes that nearly destroyed in during the 16th and 17th centuries. From my friend Rock and the great website tripadvisor.com …
Let the Surgery Begin!
We arrived in Antigua today after a short flight from Houston and a nice hour long smog filled drive through Guatemala City to our hotel la Quinta de las Flores. I am extremely excited aabout triaging patients tomorrow and then getting into some surgery. We have some great docs on this trip and it should be very productive and a lot of fn. I look …
Back to civilisation - beautiful Antigua
... know. I’m not surprised that it happened, seeing people running across busy roads is hardly uncommon here. Pedestrian crossings don’t exist and even if they did I doubt they would be used. It really was awful to see though and there really wasn’t anything we could have done.
We got to the halfway point where we changed onto another bus. It had been too good to be true that we would have a whole minibus to ourselves for the entire journey! ...
Amenities
- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Room service
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Free parking
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