Quetzaltenango Hotels

... into these malls to purchase the latest fashions, meanwhile the city's seedy criminals carry out dubious deeds in nearby allies. Quetzaltenango (more commonly called by its Mayan name, Xela, pronounced "Shay-la") couldn't be more of a contrast. Xela ...

(Brian) We are hanging out in an Internet cafe just off the central park in Xela (Quetzaltenango if you feel like using the long version).  We are enjoying some down time today and having finally found a decent computer, we're all taking the time to ...

... here was a popular budget option in Casa Kaehler. They had simple rooms and dormitories with a bar below. These hotels are located 2 blocks up the hill from Villa de Don Andres and 1 block from the Central Plaza. Casa Manen, 9a ...

... "-much cheaper, with lots more bus transfers and alot more fun, according to them.  Our bus started by visiting various local hotels to pick up other travellers on their way out of town. We initially had an assistant bus driver with us who helped ...

... and took our bags and headed out into the Xela night.   We knew we were close the center of town, which had plenty of hotels. Mary figured out how to get to Kiktem-Ja, a budget place about 3 blocks away. At that point, I was ready to follow ...

... much of a problem. We set off this morning to xela then onto panajachel on lake aitlan, turns out there are a lot of 'auto hotels' in Guatemala, the 100kms to xela we passed many and lots of adverts for them! The difference in such a short distance ...

... journey it was a bargain. We even got seats, and didnt have to share with any livestock. When we got there there seemed to be 2 hotels in town, and we bagged a room in the best, again a bargain. It was however a noisy night - people come from all ...

... to San Cristobal de la Casas in Mexico. Colectivo´s and chicken buses depart from the top of Calle Santander and run frequently up to Solola where you can connect for more frequent transport to Guatemala City, Antigua, Quetzaltenango or ...

... as it sounds but it was the last sign from the universe that I needed to leave Nebaj.  Thus I decided to head towards Quetzaltenango aka Xela and landed there Friday afternoon.  I quickly found the school I had signed up with before I left the ...

... 't for our packs, we would've stayed longer to enjoy the insanity. The last direct shuttle from San Cristobal to Quetzaltenango (Xela) left at 9 a.m., the only possible way to get into Guatemala by sun down was to bus our way to Ciudad Cuahtemoc ...

... I took in 94 or so...  The border was actually pretty straightforward, and we headed down the Centroamericana to Quetzaltenango, known locally as Xela.  This is a pretty rough city, but it maintains a good number of Spanish ...

Time for an update. After leaving Elie at the Guatemala airport I bussed to Quetzaltenango. That's Guatemala's second largest city, a commercial industrial place and not much of a tourist draw. But since it was New Years Eve the streets were busy with ...

... 've got a long wait. But for us, Slice Three! That's it. Just one nice day for two travellers. Our last together. Today Elie flew back to New York, and I'm alone, sitting in the cathedral in Quetzaltenango, head bowed reverently over my iPod. ...

... happy to see us back in Antigua, so we ended up staying an extra night before heading back to Antigua to figure out where we should study Spanish.  Again we visited old friends, said goodbye a 3rd time before trying out Xela or ...