We had a look at the sunset from a lookout just outside the town. We then noticed that a volcano outside Antigua was having a small outbreak. We thought it was interesting but didn't think more of it.
Guatemala part II - Antigua and Guatemala City January 2nd 2016 Guatemala City and Antigua
The last couple of days of this vacation I spent mainly in Antigua but I also made a visit to Guatemala City.
Guatemala City is the capital of Guatemala and is not really a safe place to visit. It is sad that it is so because Guatemala City is very beautiful and I would have liked to have stayed there for a while. I stayed in Antigua instead beca ... read more
Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Capital Region » Antigua The Maya civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experience... ... read more
We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden.
We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them.
Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are
Angel Falls in Ven... full info
It was magic I have waited more than 30 years to get a chance to see an erupting volcano. It was worth the wait. I hope I don't have to wait another 30 years before I get to see it again. /Ake
Dancing Dave
David Hooper
Luck of the draw
Fantastic. How lucky were you to be there to see it!!!