Ramada Conquistador Guatemala City

... confirms it. Nothing but walled enclosures topped with barbed wire, armed guards and check points. Rose flies home tomorrow. She will be missed. It has been amazing having this opportunity to travel with her and Jim. She is a wonderful addition to our family. Spent most of the day in the Museum of Archeology and Ethnology. Fabulous stuff poorly displayed and even more ...

... was tough in parts but nothing to strenuous. We were all huffing and puffing at various parts but you never thought that you weren´t going to make it. We eventually came though the cloud to be greeted by a cone shaped volcano with a lava river running down the side. According to our guide we were very lucky with the size of the lava river we had because the day before he had been up and there had been a very small one. He even seemed impressed by what ...

... br><br>Isti dan, ko sva prispela v Antiguo, sva se podala na vulkan Pacaya, ki je eden izmed najbolj aktivnih v Gvatemali. Triurni vzpon ni bil nic lahek, saj si hodil po vulkanskem pesku in kamenju, ki se je vdiralo in polzelo. Napor je bil poplacan s pogledom na lavo, ki je tekla le dober meter od mene, prav tako pa si cutil mocno vrocino, ki je sevala ...

... admit what amateurs we really were!!! He was being picked up at the airport by his host family, so should have made it here fine J Rubbishly we never actually asked either of their names &#8211; so we named them Cuthbert the 2nd and white t-shirt boy respectively. Amusingly during the course of the 24 hours my new linen trousers which I bought loose for comfort have expanded so that they can come off without undoing them!!! This was a rather unexpected event and I ...

... The most interesting aspects of these ruins were the numerous figurines/heads taken off the other churches/convents/monasteries facade. The recreation of a typical nun's living quarter spooked the hell out of me with a mannequin of a nun staring back at you. When I first glanced at the figure it made the hairs on my skin rise. <br><br>Overall, Antigua is a beautiful city and I would recommend a journey there. I would allow 2-3 days to fully explore this city. <br>

... and turquoise browed Mot Mots ( looking like large bee eaters with long tails) . Then continued by bus to Chichen Itza and the Caribbean coast for some snorkeling near Tulum. We continued to look at Mayan sites at Tulum and Coba on the Mexican coast before moving on to Guatemala and Tikal a famous Mayan temple site deep in the rain forest. We sat on one temple high up over looking the temples and watched the sun set . A guard ...

... alveg leyft ser hvad sem er en verdin sumstadar minna a Island, nema gistingin sem er reyndar hraeodyr. Utsynid af thakinu okkar a hostelinu er mjog skemmtilegt og getur madur t.d. sed thetta fjall gjosa Annars forum vid i gaer ad labba upp a annad eldfjall sem er i klukkutima akstursfjarlaegd og heitir Volcan Pacaya og er 2552 m hatt og er laegst af thessum eldfjollu her i kring. Vid vorum ...

... main plaza. Total chaos. I have never seen 3 butch men playing the marimba. The marimba is like a massive xylophone. They say it originated here, but we´re not sure. All the tunes sound like the soundtrack to a nintendo gameboy. Hit the market for lunch. Typical crazy latin american market, lot of people shouting. Food was cheap and ...

... of ceramic and stone sculpture. Sorry my camrera batteries failed and I missed some of the best pieces. But I did take a few photos of their ceramic work. Most of this was produced from 200 BC to 1200 AD. Pardon the bad focus occasionally, I was using a Shi$#ty Camera, and shooting through glass. Tomas on the move again.

... Air flights I used to take to Thailand. Now I use EVA mostly, with Continental miles. But I haven't been to Guatemala in years, twelve to be exact. Guatemala was my first international turn-on, back in the days when hippies were hippies and anything south of Mexico was 'other.' I used to look at southernmost Mexico on the map as if it were the edge of the planet.<br><br>The first time I got a visa for Guatemala they made me cut my hair ...