Guatemala Blog January 20, 2016
January 21, 2016 at 7:55 AM
Guatemala Blog January 20th, 2016
Another beautiful morning here in Guatemala ... we said good-bye to Lake Atitlan and started our journey to Antigua. The drive was great very little traffic and we reached the city just after 1:00 p.m. We visited the white cross look out to capture a few panoramic photos of Antigua. Then headed to our hotel for check-in and lunch. After lunch we set out on a walking tour to enjoy some of the regions of Antigua, including a few churches and the daily market and visit the chicken bus station.
Fuego Volcano is also very active right now and offered up some great photo opportunities today. One of the best views of the volcano is from our hotel’s terrace. Enjoy todays selection of images.
Janice having her shoes shined before we left the hotel this morning.
This little guy was playing at the look out.
Our first view of Antigua from the point.
The view of one of the 3 courtyards in our hotel.
Artists working in one of the other courtyards in our hotel.
An artistic B&W in the hotel lobby.
ZhuGhang and Yang going in for lunch.
Dick and Janice before lunch today.
A marimba band to enjoy at lunch.
A view of the other courtyard from our dining room table.
Danny enjoying a local dish called pgpian, which is a local dish to Antigua.
One of the main streets in Antigua just a block form our hotel.
One of the street venders.
This street artist is working with this little gal helping her learn to paint.
Inside a local gallery.
Our goodwill ambassador hard at work .... again!
Paul sharing the gals the shots.
This little boy would not share his ice cream ...
Reflection of the cathedral.
Paul and Yang photographing some of the locals.
As we walked into the market around 4:00 p.m. this is what the sky looked like.
Spices at the market
Meat section of the market.
These are chicken buses. Refurbished school buses used to transport locals from city to city and village to village. The buses are purchased, refurbished and resold. Interesting to note most of the owner drivers prefer the Blue Bird Bus that is made in Brantford.
Each bus is colour coded to the region and villages they will be visiting. This is done because quite a few of the locals don’t read.
A proud driver by his bus.
Chicken buses as far as your eye can see ... note anything goes
A busy market.
Plenty of fruit.
Eggs ...
As the sun begins to set the volcano lights up the sky.
As the sun went down you could see the flames.
A very active volcano.
One last volcano shot.
Our group farewell dinner this evening.
That’s it for this evening. Tomorrow we have most of the day in Antigua then an overnight flight via Mexico City back home.