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Thu, June 15, 2006
6:29 pm
Hi you all,
I have arrived in Antigua, Guatemala after a good 24 hours of travelling.
I spent a whole 14 hours stop over in Miami sleeping on the floor and woke
up to ants crawling on my arms. Disgusting!
Didn't spend anytime in Guatemala City but transferred on a shuttle bus
($10)-excellent price and comfy ride to Antigua, former capital of the
United Central America. It looks a lot like Cusco in Peru. No one here
seems to speak much English. I was really lucky to meet this gal named
Judy on my shuttle bus, another girl my age from Pensylvania and we are
just poking around in this lovely city. We lined up in a few lines and
finally got our money exchanged and we went into a really nice church,
visited the Piazza and got a taco. Exhuasted and tired, hopefully I will
figure out what I will do in the coming days.
Miss you all, take care and look out for my emails!
Since arriving in Antigua, Guatemala, I have enjoyed getting to know this
small city of 40,000. I am extremely impressed with the people of
Guatemala - so hospitable, so friendly, and just so content with what they
have. Antigua is a hot spot with many tourists so I have been able to meet
heaps of people.
Sat, June 17, 2006
6:54 pm
Friday, I climbed the Volcano Pacaya, an active volcano about 2.5 hours
out of Antigua. It was so exhilerating. Couple months ago, it did erupt,
so we are not able to climb right to the lid (I kinda wanted to but I
guess it´s better not to get killed right?) But anyways, I got close
enough like 1 meter or less to just running lava. It was remarkable ! ---
so hotttt! Roasting. I enjoyed a meal with two other people I met on my
volcano excursion and had myself a scrumptious meal at a 5 star hotel,
which is formerly a convent - had myself an amazing piece of steak for
about $13! (I can´t believe I splurged like the that considering my
accomodations and meals are like $5-10 or less each)
previous travel blog entry
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