 | Antigua
2006-05-03, Antigua, Guatemala. By: deadeven | | I've spent the last two days in Antigua, the jewel of Guatemala. I leave for home tomorrow. It's defineity a tourist spot. The amenities, number of foreigners, and prices of everything, prove that.... |
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| Volcan Pacaya
2006-05-02, Antigua, Guatemala. By: deadeven | | I had taken a tour last year to Costa Rica's Volcan Arenal and was extremely disappointed. The weather was bad and I saw nothing but clouds. But despite that I signed up for a trip to Volcan Pacaya.... |
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 | Just a short one for ya...
2006-03-01, Antigua, Guatemala. By: justin | | We ended up with a small alteration of plans yesterday. It all started with getting an expencive lunch at "camarones" on the water. Waiting for the van to pick us up there. The van was not showing so ... |
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 | Antigua
2006-02-20, Antigua, Guatemala. By: exploring | | Antigua, where I am, is surrounded by volcanoes that I can see from the lovely balcony of Sally and Tom's house. These are the former Bellinghamsters that I met on the bus in Rio Dulce, and who are fr... |
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| we made it and having fun
2006-01-08, Antigua, Guatemala. By: justin | | Hi everyone. excuse my bad spelling....little hung over...mades some UK friends last nigth and had a few drins at rikis bar....great place to meet people, good but load music and happy hour from 9 to ... |
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| Well just hours to go...
2006-01-08, Antigua, Guatemala. By: justin | | So I am sitting on my ass with not much left to do. I thought maybe my family would like to know what is on our minds....even thought I can only really tell you what is on my mind.
Justin is doing ... |
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 | Vulcano Pacaya
2006-01-26, Antigua, Guatemala. By: manana | | Today is the daaaayyyyy.... Got up at 5am, left Antigua at 6am with the tourguide to climb Volcan Pacaya. At the base of the volcano we started walking up de mountain through the forest. This climb wa... |
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 | There is many history here....
2006-01-25, Antigua, Guatemala. By: manana | | Antigua is amazing when talking about its history and many beautiful buildings. Walked around the ciucidad sniffing culture and enjoying good coffee and food... |
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 | See the beauty of the primer capital
2006-01-24, Antigua, Guatemala. By: manana | | I decided to skip Lago de Atiklan and to move on to Antigua. The trip was exiting and beautiful along the Interamericano that's straight across nature's scenery.
Antigua was erected in 1517 by the ... |
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 | Winding along Antigua´s cobbled streets...
2005-12-25, Antigua, Guatemala. By: incaqueen | | The turmoils that had stewed in Guatemala´s bitter past seemed well hidden today. In the 1970´s to the 1980´s, the army lashed out an almost genocidal war against the indigenious indians and innocent... |
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 | Lakes, markets, and Volcanos
2005-10-03, Antigua, Guatemala. By: scottr128 | | Hola
So another week has gone by which means that I have been to about 3 more cities and still don´t know what I´m going to do at the end of the week. I guess that means that I´m doing a little be... |
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 | Safe and Sound in Antigua
2005-09-10, Antigua, Guatemala. By: scottr128 | | Hello
This is the first of what I'm sure will be a lot of journal entries. Of course it was supposed to be written before I left but I just ran out of time. So I'm going to update you through Day... |
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 | Maya, Maya its all in ruins
2005-05-11, Antigua, Guatemala. By: snutbrown | | It´s only been 5 days since we last wrote our journal but there´s already quite a lot to tell you all about! The afternoon of the last journal entry (which was on the 5th...today´s Wednesday (three we... |
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 | Roll on Central America
2005-01-23, Antigua, Guatemala. By: nickvdp | | 24 December – Quito – Christmas Eve Party
Well, here’s an interesting story….After all of the dramas with busses and taxis, we finally figure where to spend new years eve and came across a great of... |
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 | More adventures....
2005-01-06, Antigua, Guatemala. By: damiet | | Hey Everybody!
Finally a new update from the lovely Guatemala! I hope everything is going well with everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!
We had a really great week in Panajachel: next to our daily doses of Spa... |
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 | Getting to know Guatemala
2004-12-14, Antigua, Guatemala. By: damiet | | After a long journey, Rodney (fellow student) and I have arrived in Guatemala. In the airplane we immediately met a few people from Belgium – a man and his wife originally from Guatemala. From them ... |
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 | Leaving the city
2004-05-06, Antigua, Guatemala. By: juanjuanju | | Today is the 6th of May and we´re in San Pedro using the internet. I´ll start by giving a little rundown of what went on last night(nothing super exciting). After visiting the Spanish schools all da... |
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 | Happy Cinco de Mayo
2004-05-05, Antigua, Guatemala. By: spadilla03 | | Even though the Guatemalans probably don't really care about Mexico's independence day so many of you seemed excited about it how could I not mention it.
We woke up at about 8 o clock and headed ou... |
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| NASCAR in a bus
2004-05-05, Antigua, Guatemala. By: juanjuanju | | We woke up this morning to find our bathroom flooded. So we left. We left Hotel Fenix to head toward the bus station so we could go to Antigua. As we walked around looking lost, Marco, a local from... |
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 | Ring of Fire
2004-03-07, Antigua, Guatemala. By: chefortune | | On my final day in Guatemala, after a fairly intense week on the human rights delegation, I took some time out to relax and visit with an old friend, Jorge. He picked me up from the hostel I was stayi... |
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 | Freddie the friendly flea
2004-03-18, Antigua, Guatemala. By: khart | | My mum and dad are going to laugh at this, but I have a flea (se llama Freddie)! He seems to like me a lot and shows this by biting me frequently at night. At first I thought it was a mosquito, but t... |
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 | The Gringo Capital of Guatemala
2004-03-15, Antigua, Guatemala. By: mcl_sarah | | Well, my guatemalan experience wouldn't be complete without going to Antigua at least once, so Sharon and i ventured four hours south of Xela for the weekend to see the gringo capital of Guatemala! an... |
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| Safely installed in Guatemala
2004-03-16, Antigua, Guatemala. By: khart | | After a long plane trip from Rio via Miami, I am now in Guatemala. I had a long wait in Miami airport, which seemed much better after I had read in the English newspaper that England had thrashed the ... |
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| This is different
2003-11-19, Antigua, Guatemala. By: jantravel | | It’s nice to have another stamp in my passport. Driving through Guatemala to Anitua was a pleasent trip. I took a minibús and met a couple that lived on Roatan who were going to Antigua for a vacation... |
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 | Going where the road takes me
2002-11-07, Antigua, Guatemala. By: subdude | | Sometimes you need to go where the road takes you. Entering Guatemala is not easy. By this I mean the bus routes. I wanted to go from Tapachula to Quetzaltenango but... Tapachula station was confusing... |
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