Royal Park Hotel Huehuetenango

... originated). Stories kept flooding in from friends and family in other countries, particularly Australia which seems to have gone waaaaaay overboard in it&#8217;s preventative measures (Face masks? Stocking up on tinned goods? A week self-imposed quarantine after interstate holidays? Seriously?), but life continued in it&#8217;s slow, laid back manner in San Pedro. <br><br><br><br><br> As ...

... in Melbourne! 24th May Got up early and had some breakfast, a coffee and a swim in the creek before we headed off to the caves at around 11. Brendan decided again not to come after a large drinking and eating session last night and limited sleep. Im not sure if he is feeling homesick again, but he doesnt seem to be able to function at all on less than 8 hours perfect sleep, and when do you ever get that in hostels? Anyway his decision again, and we heard in Flores how good these caves were ...

... sure how everything is organized. I have the impression, each bus driver owns the bus, and they decorate them in a very colourfull and fanny way, ususally with a lot of religiosus messages (such as: "Jesus me guia, yo manejo"). I think, the faster they drive, the more travels they can do and therfore, the more money they win. This is the only way I can explain myself why they drive in such a crazy way...but a funny one, i ...

I knew it was going to be busy because of easter but really now, As elsewhere in the past week everybody said if you don't have a place to stay you will never find one, well our luck just might have run out. This place is packed just like one of the buses but this time it is a city. We sat in traffic for an hour just trying to get into the city finally we just got out a walked we went from one hotel/hostel to another and all were full, then ...

... Umaguma Hostel, across the street for $100Q. The ground floor room had no windows, smelled old and musty, and the sheets were stained. We likened it to living in a cave. We fell asleep dreaming of the other hotel, and vowing to find something better for Chad's birthday in 2 days! The following morning, we found an incredible hostel. Ironically, it was the first one we visited upon getting off the bus the day before, but our ...

... room in our bags! Starting spanish this afternoon, wandered around Antigua all morning...very nice! We are surrounded by volcanoes! Baisically, rooms are decent, people are so nice, restaurants are UNBELIEVABLE...haven't eaten but just the indoor Terraces are a place to get engaged or something. We're doing well! Better update later!

... your wine. There are some Mam Mayan ruins at Huehue called "Zacaleu" , but to be quite frank they are rather dreadful. I know I have been spoilt and now have masive expectations , having visited the truly splendid sites at Tikal , Monte Alban , Palenque and Teotihuacan , but Zacaleu is poor. The ruins were apparently badly restored using concrete in the 1940s and when we took a look at them from the entrance to the site ...

... bus. Chicken buses are the most common form of transport in Guatemala, basically the are old US school buses that are now used for public transport. Of course the bus companies have souped a lot of them up with a new paint job and plenty of crucifixes and religous pictures, these aren't the most comfortable buses for long journies if the bus is full as they squeeze three into each seat that was originally ...

... a tired 1987 VW van. With shimmering water and surrounded by volcanoes (Guatemala, which is about the size of Tennessee, has 33 volcanoes, 3 of which are currently active), Lago Atitlan is touted as one of the most beautiful areas in Central America. We didn't experience it at its best - the volcanoes were socked in by the clouds for much of our 5 days there - but there were enough breaks that we got a taste of the landscape. Prior to Panajachel we had camped in the van only 1 ...

The bus journey from Coban was very scenic but quite treacherous at points . Sometimes buses would meet each other and you'd think there's no way they can pass each other because the road was so narrow and on the edge of a sheer drop, but they'd managed it. Arrived in Huehuetenango (waywaytenango, aka Huehue) about 6ish and got settled into the hotel, then headed out to a cafe to find info on language schools, it was just shutting. The architecture in the ...