Villa Antigua Resort And Conference Center Antigua Guatemala

... br>- Everything grows in Guatemala...even purple bananas! Flowers bloom year round. <br><br>- The traditional tip for bien service is 10%<br><br>- $1USD = 8.3 Quetzal, which is the national elusive bird printed on the currency<br><br>- Handmade kites actually fly and are for one time use - not very eco-friendly.<br><br>- Dancing plays a really large role in the life of both men and women, starting at a really young age. Guatemalan men ask me to dance at ...

... Basically, its an active volcano with REAL LAVA!! <br><br>What an experience it is too! The bus picked us up at 2pm and it took about 2 hours to get there. On arrival we purchased a stick (recommended by Ros the Oz). The hike was pretty long and hard. First of all it was like waling through hilly woods, then to our dismay after passing a ´danger´ sign things started getting a little more testing!! We basically had to walk up really ...

... blogging a completely different view point, such is the fickle nature of a traveller. It has also now been over 5 months that Brad and I have been on the road and although the time has flown and I&#8217;ve had a complete ball.... I also really miss all my friends. <br><br>I&#8217;m now off to visit bat caves and pretend that I live in Gotham City and that Bruce Wayne really does exist whilst thanking my forethought of going through the pain of having rabies injections 4 years ago.

... Fortunately--since I had absolutely no idea where I was going and could not get ahold of my host family via phone--the minibus from Guatemala City happened to drop me off no more than two blocks from my new home. After wandering around a bit, I came upon several very nice young men standing on the streetcorner and I said: ¨Excuse me, I am from America and I cannot seem to find my way. I have this very large backpack which is full of very heavy ...

... and car sick so we ventured out to the nearby stir fry place run by a couple of rastamen/travellers/locals/dogs. The rice and veges were OKAY but fresh and eventually satisfied our asian flavour cravings. That night we hit the local reggae shack above the stir fry place. Great music, people: mostly locals which was nice, wretched toilets, nevertheless a top night out on the town. The next few days were spent ...

... police station. I eventually found the obscurely located building and still had time to have some lunch at Y tu pina café. My shuttle left at 3pm for Guatemala Airport. From there I got a free ride from the owners to my hostal for the night- Guatefriends. Dinner was home cooked Country Chicken with dumplings which tasted very wholesome. The place felt like I was staying in someone's home, rather than a hostal.

... hike into a cave which has all the usual and crazy formations of rock that have been developed over hundreds and hundreds of years, but the first and main reason i wanted to go was to catch some CAVE SPIDERS! After seeing a few photos of them at the hostel i knew it would be freaky as hell and a challenge to pick one up without loosing the plot a big, so as soon as we got into the cave i was on ...