Blogs from Antigua, Capital Region, Guatemala, Central America Caribbean - page 86

We arrived in Antigua after dark, having caught a direct shuttle bus from Copan. The main plaza was lit with fairy lights and you could just see the outlines of the 3 volcanos looming over the city. In the light of day we were able to fully appreciate why travellers come here and bypass Guatemala City. Despite the hoards of people passing through, Antigua seems to have retained it's own cultural identity - cobblestoned streets, brightly coloured biuldings and colonial churches in various states of ruin and repair. We spents a couple of days exploring the city, wandering the streets, museums and churches. Karen's favourite museum (in truth the only one we actually went into) was one displaying the different textiles made by local indignous groups in the area. Immediately after we stumbled across an earthquake ... read more

I arrived in Guatemala City with just my hand baggage ... and seeing it was such a short flight I hadn´t thought to pack extra clothes in my hand luggage .. I won´t be doing that again! I only stayed in Guatemala City that night as there was a hostel near the airport and I didn´t want to travel on to Antigua without my luggage. The next morning I went back to the airport but still no sign of the luggage. I took a shuttle on to Antigua as I was starting language school that afternoon. The language school itself was a nice place .. unfortunately I didn´t get a very good teacher. He was only 19 and couldn´t speak English so if I asked him how to say something he would just ignore the question. ... read more

today i took a chicken bus to a macadamian nut farm. there are even more types of macadamian nuts then there are poinsettias. ... read more

Jeg har naa opplevd mitt forste jordskjelv! Jepp! Det skjedde paa sondag da Judith (fra Holland) og jeg satt og spiste frokost paa La Fuente. Plutselig ser jeg at taket beveger seg, rekker aa tenke "saa rart" for jeg ogsaa beveger meg. Akkurat som om noen rugget i huset en tre-fire ganger. Det var det. Noen folk kom lopende ut fra internettkafeen, men ingen kom til skade eller noe. I Antigua sies det aa vaere 60-70 jordskjelv i aaret, men flest om kvelden og natten og ikke saa sterke. Ryktene sier at dette var 4.8 her i Guatemala og cirka 5.7 i Mexico - om det stemmer vet jeg ikke. Moro var det iallefall! :D Saant noe har vi ikke hjemme! Lordag flyttet jeg til San Juan del Obispo. Dette er en stille og rolig liten ... read more

Da var det paa tide aa oppdatere bloggen igjen! Denne uken har vaert ganske rolig. Kort oppsummert har jeg har holdt meg i Antigua, vaert syk, syk og litt mer syk og slitt meg gjennom mange toffe spansktimer. Syk ja... Det begynte sondag med feber og forkjolelse, satt i trekk hele veien fra Chichi saa det var nok grunnen. I tillegg har jeg slitt hele uken med at jeg har hatt folelsen av aa matte kaste opp naar jeg spiste. Ikke moro i det hele tatt og lite matinntak gjorde at energien forsvant fort. Paa torsdag var jeg hos legen sammen med Judith fra Holland. Hun var ogsaa syk og hadde vaert hos legen. Legen mente jeg hadde spist noe muffens i Panahajel og at bakteriene i magen min var litt skeptiske. Saa jeg fikk noen ... read more