Antigua, Guatemala

Ola!

Buenas tardes. Stephane and I are in Guatemala City, having just arrived from 2 days in Antigua. Antigua is an UNESCO world heritage site. The entire city is as it was following a huge earthquake in 1775. The cobblestone streets are lined with colourful buildings with red clay tile roofs, and huge wooden doors. Amongst the quaint and lovely buildings are ruins of buildings never repaired after the quake. Walking the streets is like stepping back in time. Steph said being here is like being in the middle of a Zoro movie!

The Guatemalans are very friendly. We stayed at a lovely B&B, and have enjoyed the company of a family from Montana...had a good chat over breakfast about politics with them. He was a retired supreme court judge, and she was extremely well traveled...we shared stories about Nepal. The food here is good, though drinking coke out of a plastic bag was a bit weird (they pour it out of the bottle into the bag so they can return the bottle themselves for deposit).

There is an active volcano overlooking the city - unfortunately we did not have time to climb it. I promise though I will send pictures of the live volcano Joel and I will climb in Costa Rica.

Enjoy the pictures...