Adventures and fascinations of Matt Pāz
The shuttle from San Marcos took me to Antigua, and arrived at noon. I found another shuttle onward to Guatemala City at 3pm, and killed a few hours in a café. I arrived in in Guatemala City or Guate (as the locals call it) at 4:15pm and was dropped near my Hostel in Zona 1, the historical center. … Read more
The shuttle from Antigua to Lake Atitlan took about three and a half hours and arrived at 4pm. The van approached the lake from a mountain road high above, and the lake came out of nowhere. Suddenly, I was greeted with spectacular views of an expansive, majestic, shimmering blue lake radiating the afternoon sunlight, encircled by lush green hills and towering volcanoes.… Read more
The van from San Cristobal to Antigua was a slight nightmare. It took 13 hours after several delays, and required changing vans three times.
At least the border crossing was easy. On the Mexican side of the border, the van driver took each person’s passport into the immigration office (as well as a required $20 ‘exit tax’ if you’d been in the country more than one week), and returned 10 minutes later with our exit stamps. … Read more