It is Saturday now, and on Thursday we arrived in Guatemala. We caught a bus from Santa Ana in El Salvador, straight to Guatemala City, where we changed and caught another bus to Antigua, which is where we are staying now.
Antigua is an old colonial town, I believe it used to be the capital of Guatemala, a long time ago. It´s very well preserved, with lovely cobbled streets and nicely painted buildings. Because of strict building regulations, shops don´t even seem to be allowed their traditional signs - MacDonald's even has a classy wooden and gold one!
Yesterday we spent most of the day exploring the town and seeing a few sights. Below you can see the Santa Catalina archway in the centre of Antigua. After that we visited La Merced, which is a big church in the town, followed by Las Capuchinas convent.
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| Santa Catalina archway |
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| Panorama of Las Capuchinas Convent, and Johnny | | | |
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Today we visited a small village outside the town called San Juan del Obispo. There is a big "Palacio" there, which is where the first ever bishop of Guatemala lived, and introduced Christianity to the country (as far as I understand). It was a lovely quiet village, nice to escape the touristyness of Antigua. You also had a great view of the Volcano (Volcan de Agua) from the village, which is the volcano that shadows the whole area.
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| Volcan de Agua, as seen from San Juan del Obispo |
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I think we will spend the rest of the day chilling out, and tomorrow we're going to head on to Lago de Atitlan, so will let you know how we get on hopefully! Here's a couple of extra photos I thought you might like:
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| Bus library, in the centre of Antigua |
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| View from the rooftop of our hostel |
I love the lookk of this place! I think the McDonald's sign really shows how it's preserved too.
ReplyDeleteDoes Las Capuchinas have anything to do with capuchino? What does it mean??
You'll have to let us know which is your favourite Central American country when you're done travelling! Are there any 'tribes' you could go and investigate around there? You'll have to go and see them and then tell me all about it :)
ReplyDeleteChristiane