Todos Santos Inn
Travel Blogs from Huehuetenango
Trying to track down my possessions.
... late to get a bus.
We then went back to the hotel and then it was time for my window of opportunity. So I went and stood on the corner where we had been dropped. I thought there would be loads of microbuses going past but they only came by every 10 minutes or so. I stood there for an hour but there was no sign of my bus. In the end I gave up and we went back to the hotel, rang the taxi driver that had given us the cheapest quote and waited for him ...
Huehuetenango
... to do here in Huehue is visit the ancient site of Zaculeu about 4km out of the main town and which was once an important religious centre for the Maya. The site contains a range of different buildings and monuments all now in ruins and while we were there a group of around 15 Guatemalans were conducting some kind of ceremony so the site is still very well used and well respected.
Back in the city we made time for a spot of ...
Todos Santos, La Torre and the lost backpack!
... on the first bus with everything in it, her laptop, ipad, camera, two jackets and more, an absolute nightmare!! Poor thing, she was so worried about making sure her big backpack was still on top and not thrown off and given to any passing person that she totally forgot to pick up her most important piece of luggage and just left it onboard, total disaster!
There were traffic police right there and fortunately Gina being able to speak fluent Spanish ...
Market day
... all the different produce people have bought from miles around to market. Interestingly though the one thing I do keep noticing is the potatoes, they look far better than Sainsburys has!
Breakfast choices were a little limited and we ended up where we had been last night and enjoyed a typical Guatemalan breakfast of fried plantain, refried beans, eggs, salsa and local white cheese, it’s really tasty but I’m not sure for how long, I think I might get ...
Even higher...to Todos Santos Cuchutamaes
... and headed back to wait with them. Ironic huh?!?!
We got on the bus to go up to Todos Santos, and I offered a good tip to the driver again. I think we would have got away without paying him on this trip though as it was mostly uphill and the bus we were on was very old and decrepit and couldn’t go fast at all. Although on the downhill bits, when he went round bends very slowly, the driver kept looking at me in the rear view mirror and grinning to check I approved. So ...
