Blogs from Capital Region, Guatemala, Central America Caribbean - page 109

Well amanda and I have officially arrived! We had quite the first day leaving from Ottawa... running on about two hours sleep,)a big thanks to amanda{s sisters emily and melissa for that one!)... and after a great send off from our families ( I already miss the red fox!)...we arrived in ottawa at 4:30 am yesterday and got to enjoy one last morningof good ole canadian weather... Lord knows how we will make it through the next few months without freezing rain! After being delayed for the lovely process known as de-icing, we were underway! The flight itself was somewhat turbulent... you can just ask amanda and her stomach about that! That was as rocky as the flying was going to get.. or so we thought... After a quick stopover in Newark New Jersey (go Springsteen!), ... read more

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