Antigua Travel Blogs

Early in the morning I awoke to thousands of people chanting Catholic hymns in the streets.  Although I was jetlagged and would have liked to sleep a couple of more hours, I was very excited to see what was taking place.   Before we started our journey around the city, I had the …

Early morning around 5 am i picked up Tayler at his hotel in Zona 10 Guatemala city, Exactly Xamanec student inn, (i have a review about it), and we headed to Antigua guatemala, where we were gonna get our tour to the pacaya Volcano early that morning, we stopped by a gas station to get on foo…

Having arrived safely in Antigua, checking in to the Black Cat Hostel and wondering around town for the rest of the afternoon, an early night was needed on day one.  We woke to an included breakfast that could keep you going until almost dinner!  Breakfast burrito is all I'll say... excep…

After sitting around the tree which was pretty epic and the girls opening their presents from each other it was time to go spread the love to the children in the surrounding villages and give the toys we had bought the previous day out like we were santa. After parading through the streets in the b…

well I cant say too much.I was in Antigua, Guatemala for 5 weeks to study spanish and travelling around the country on the weekends.The city is pretty small and I was a bit worried if I wouldn't get bored in 5 weeks, but in Antigua there's always something to do.visiting the market, hanging out at …

When we arrived at the hostel in Antigua we met the girls and unloaded our stuff.  Then we went out and got some coffee at a local cafe.  We took a tour of the local sites and learned about some of the colonial history.Then at 1430 we went and did one of most amazing things I have eve…

Unfortunately I knew it had to be coming and this morning we got served black beans for breakfast. I had to laugh when Terese ate them really fast to get them out of the way and Mercedes took this to mean she was really hungry and wanted more! Said goodbye to our families after breakfast and caught…

The best trip of my life so far :) Guatemala is awesome !Stay in Guatemala City visited Antigua Guatemala, hike pacaya volcano, Iximche wonderful moments with TB Juan. Will be back for sure soon.

It was time again to climb a volcano. After all, it had been quite a while since the last one. Close to Antigua lies the volcano Pacaya, which is one of Guatemala’s most active volcanoes, and one of Antigua’s most popular excursions. And of course, where there are tourists, there are bandidos…

Here's my report on Spanish, which for those who are not students of the language may view as something irrelevant and coming from another planet. However, yes, the past tense. I'm using it a lot in my daily conversations with my teacher, Arely. We work for 5 hours, often without a break, or with j…

Volcano Day!Couldnt get up early enough for the first tour(6am). Figured Id take my time and do some touring around the city anyways. There was a 2:30 tour for the volcano. I spent the day walking around the cobblestone streets taking pictures and gawking at church ruins. At 2:30 I hopped in a full…

back in Antigua for Semana Santa and so far it's been pretty crazy. Yesterday marked the real beginnings of the festivities, with ceremonies, parades and the alhombras. All night long last night, people from Guate made these colored sawdust carpets (alhombras, (sp?)) on the streets f…

The consecrated image of the Fallen Jesus of Nazareth is the work of Antigua Artist Don Pedro de Mendoza and dates to 1460, it was originally carved for the temple of the school of San Jeronimo, in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala, knowed today as Antigua Guatemala. the Brotherho…

"We have achieved peace in our time" (Neville Chamberlain, 1948)... I guess you are wondering why I have started this blog entry with a quote form the once Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Simple really. I had a brief spate with a German and now I do think that I have achieved peace, however I…

*This is a copy of a posting I put on myspace while on my trip to Guatemala and Honduras, November 07: It is 10:30 am here and I just finished breakfast - feeling lazy so thought I'd post about my volcano experience yesterday. So I have done tours in both Costa Rica and Belize and they were p…