Antigua
Days 34-36: Antigua
Fri 28 Jan 2011 - Sun 30 Jan 2011
25 °C
Another fun bus trip awaits me: this time I spend the 6 hours between Coban and Flores sharing my already limited leg room with a dog. Hmmf. We pass through the ugly concrete and smog that is Guatemala City, and the mood lifts instantly as we arrive in Antigua; a colourful colonial city where ruins from the earthquake that devastated the city in 1771 are scattered amongst the rest of the hustle and bustle of the city, surrounded by volcanoes.
Drive-by view, Guatemala City
I complete a brief tour of the city during the day, and at sunset, which makes for some interesting cloud effects in the sky. After a feast of nachos, I get stuck into some beers with my new friends, and re-discover that "I have never" is a game to be confined to history. The salsa bar appeals to me more, though I can only apologise to the enthusiastic salsa dancer who persisted in trying to get me to salsa, despite the fact he didn't even come up to my armpits. No, salsa dancing is another no-go for my future career. I am however quite inspired: Ibiza girls, any thoughts on a trip to South America this year, there's a whole bunch of Pachas in Brazil and Argentina??
Antigua ruins...
More Antigua...
Posted by cmarks Sat 29 Jan 2011 18:52 Archived in Guatemala
Not much going on over here _ the excitement of the week was having made it out to dinner without snotty toddler last night, kept feeling i'd forgotten something. I bet you don't get much on the Arsenal results over there do you? Just don't mention it ;( Glad to see you're having a ball
I'd love to... unfortunately all my holiday is taken up already! and most of it with Sailing
Mon 14 Feb 2011 by Emma B