Hotel Lo Del Bernal Antigua Guatemala

... There were men on horse the whole way asking “Taxi? Taxi?” and as we went higher and higher, more people gave up on walking and opted for one of these cabs. But I hiked on, the only woman left on her own two feet.

I felt like carrion to the vultures. Now there were fewer people walking, and there were a few horses without passengers as we headed up the hill. I could feel my face ...

... caution to the wind. We ordered some type of meat with tortillas and veggies and a side of Gallo to wash it down. Im not going to say that I wasnt a little bit nervous. but i figured that if I was going to get sick at least all of us would be sick together. Also, on a random note, they had blue corn which pretty much blew my mind, for some reason, even though ive had blue tortilla chips, i could not wrap my ...

... The Guatemalans living in hillside villages often live very separately from city folk. They come to town 3 time a week on Market Days to sell their crops and handicrafts.

- Almost all Antiguans go home from 12-2PM for lunch.

- There are no traffic lights and stop signs are optional. Speed bumps give you a window of time for crossing the street.

- Your house cannot be painted outside the color scheme of approved colors.

Antigua Guatemala, Western Highlands, Guatemala lindseyhehman

... 75 Q horse ride there, but luckily I got to ride some more. We rode for another 10 minutes – first down a very slippery dirt track and then up and across the lava. When I finally got off the horse, I honestly felt very demotivated and did not like climbing further at all. First of all, I seriously felt like going to the toilet, but due to lack of a spot where to squat, that was being deferred (until I was back home in Antigua!!!!)

However, everybody ...

... 11 months old, respectively. Quite untraditionally, only the mother seems to be working. She works in the city (which is how you refer to Guatemala City here) with administering hotel taxes. The father might be working part time as a bus driver, but is home most of the time.

The rooms are placed around a tiny courtyard. They do not really have a kitchen per se, but a small room containing their stove and a microwave. Next to it is a small room containing ...

... fish and chips and curries and just non-Mexican stuff. We went there on Saturday night too and bumped into the German guys we´d met in Puerto Escondido. Very random but we ended up out with them for the night. They were looking to party (what´s new) so after the pub closed we found ourselves in some dodgy back bar two doors down from it. When we went to leave we found we couldn´t because the police were patrolling looking for after hour parties and they ...

... to take a look around and say a few prayers. I did not see any sign prohibiting photography so I took several pictures of the different devotional stations. Any feelings of impropriety was erased as I stumbled onto a couple sucking face in one of the niches...probably moved by the last wedding ceremony. I quickly left because I did not want to be struck by a stray bolt of lighting.

One of my goals for this afternoon was to hike up the ...

... Lake Ometepe easily accessible from here - San Juan Del Sur Costa Rica : Budget: (More expensive than other CA countries) Survive off $40-50/day but doesn't leave any for activities Eg of activity prices: the short trip to see the Volcano from La Fortuna - at least US$30 (inc. hot springs), the 30km (Taxi Boat Taxi) short cut ride ...

... and design of there hand woven cloths. The city of Antigua is quite cereal and beautifully kept with no rubbish anywhere and no stray dogs. I have been told not all of Guatemala is like this. The people are also seriously friendly and smiling the whole time with nobody harassing you to buy anything or go anywhere. They are also all very small due to the Mayan decent I presume, I am on the tall side over here. I should really have lived her all my life :)

... free wi-fi in cafes now, cooollll… Thailand’s way behind on that. So I’ll be good for a couple days. This is when cafes had them, but most hotels didn’t, so I try to find a room close enough to get the signal, but no luck. Back then that’s good enough, but not any more, not for long. Antigua’s full of colonial ruins, so I do a lot of sight-seeing, though I’ve seen ...