Los Bucaros Antigua Guatemala

... woman a smile and went on my way.  Who really needs clothes when you´re on vacation anyway? Waiting for the shuttles for Antigua I met a few girls from Detroit, whose pre-arranged shuttle didn´t show up to get them.  We bonded over lack of ...

... I would say that!!     The shuttle dropped us right at our door and then we went out to explore Antigua...  It is a fairly small town; but a major tourist destination as well as a center for immersion Spanish instruction.  The ...

Leaving the shores of Lake Atitlan behind, we headed to Antigua Guatemala.  Sitting at the base of the volcano Volcán de Agua, Antigua was the third capital of Guatemala until earthquakes in 1773 destroyed a lot of the city and the capital was moved ...

... and booked one for $30 – take that Intrepid! It was about a 45 minute drive from the airport in Guatemala City to the hotel in Antigua. (Not to be confused with the island of Antigua in the Caribbean, like my travel agent did who tried to book my ...

... title of this blog section)!! The next day (Thurs 6 May), we have a longish (6hr) private minibus journey to Antigua, a beautiful colonial town and UNESCO World Heritage Site nestling among the Agua, Acatenango and Fuego volcanoes. Two things ...

Another early start but made Antigua by 1300 though not before Perth boozer Lee and I exchanged our hopeless espanol, some jokes about the sub-Commandant always being good. Our town walk with Bec was the usual much ado about nothing. Somehow I wound up ...

... a bad thing, it´s not necessarily a good thing either.  The building itself is built like every other one in Antigua - rooms on the outside, built around an inner courtyard.  This particular one has a nice little fountain and a few areas ...

... few hours in the early morning before meeting Jennifer for a walking tour with Elizabeth Bell, one of the leading authorities on Antigua.  It was a really great tour...much more than "and this is yet another church that was destroyed by an ...

Le village est très joli et, à mes yeux, est très typique.  Cela a pris pas mal de temps pour se rendre de Guatemala City à ici en raison d'un embouteillage monstre causé par un assassinat en pleine rue; on a vu le corps de la victime comme on ...

... through construction and dust we finally got to Antigua, a pretty little colonial city that once was the capital city of Guatemala. Our hotel, Posada de los Bucaros, is in the north end of the city, in a quiet area. It looks like at one time it had ...

Hola Amigos!   I am now in Antigua, Guatemala.  It is the former capital of the country, having given way to Guatemela City in the 1700s when an earthquake destroyed the city.  It has been designated a UNESCO heritage site and is full of ...

... in. When everyone has arrived, we are on our way to Antigua, about one hour out of Guatemala City. We got to Antigua after enduring the Guatemala City traffic for a long time. Antigua was totally worth the wait: it is a very nice little town and we felt ...

We decided to go to Volcan Pacaya since Antigua is surrounded by at least 4 volcanoes, two of which are active...Volcan Fuego and Volcan Pacaya and Fuego is too dangerous to go up.  You see Volcan Pacaya hasn't erupted since last year when it ...

... longer active) poking through the clouds, its very lush and green and mountainous.  I got a taxi straight out of Guatemala city to Antigua and the drive was impressive. Ive had a wander around Antigua and its really pretty, it has a spanish ...

We made our way south to the one of the most famous cities in Guatemala,  Antigua!  Antigua may be the most outstanding and best-preserved colonial city in Spanish America, making it also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  Tourists visit ...

... start as we were getting picked up from the hotel at 6am to go and do the Pacaya Volcano hike. There are 3 volcanoes close to Antigua but Pacaya is the most popular for tourists. Our hotel was the first pick up stop and we had to pick up everyone else ...

I joined my tourgroup from "Tucan Travel" in Antigua. The tour will take me from Antigua in Guatemala via Honduras, Nicaragua to San Jose in Costa Rica. We will be using on most stretches public ...

... might expect of a city tour but what I loved about it was that we learnt about the politics, economics and culture of Guatemala, Antigua and the Mayas.  I found it fascinating as I didn´t know much before hand. Whilst walking down the street ...