While we were in Guatemala City we decided at the last minute to go visit my mom. As far as travel goes, Guatemala City is no Mexico. Flights are tough unless you happen to live in Houston, and once you are in Guatemala City it is about a 7-hour drive … Read More
The Green Palace
The condo we’re staying in during this visit is just a block from the main plaza so we’re constantly walking through on our way to one place or another. Seeing as how the National Palace is now open again we decided to take a tour of it. The President Jorge … Read More
The City Life
These little amusement parks are scattered all over the city. The same company, Adventureland, with the same few rides, and the same cheap 10Q ($1.30) ticket prices. Nothing better than being able to just pop in for a couple quick rides and laughs before moving on to whatever else you’re … Read More
All Over Guatemala
Our poor rental car is getting a lot more work, and depreciation, than its eight dollar a day rate could possibly cover. The nearest halfway decent grocery store to the marina is a ninety minute drive away in Puerto Barrios. We’ve made the trip a couple of times trying to … Read More
Off to Antigua
Our time in Guatemala City is coming to an end. It was a good stop for us. We got the camera repaired, dental visits checked off the list, lots of tourist-ing done, and in general got to know a good chunk of the city well enough that on a return … Read More
A City Day Hike
Another day exploring the city. We got dropped off across town at a cathedral and just proceeded to walk the streets from there—hanging out in plazas, eating mango and watermelon from the street vendors, grabbing a ridiculously large lunch consisting of piles of steak and chorizo, and walking some more. … Read More
Guatemala City Wandering
A few blocks away from us, perched up on a hill overlooking downtown is Fort Saint John, now housing a military museum. Hard to get too excited about military history in a place that is still pretty freshly recovering from a civil war, but history is history, and the perch … Read More
About Town
Another Sunday riding the streets of Guatemala City. We hit the mall to get Ouest some new kicks since she grows daily and had toes poking out of her shoes. Now up to a size 6 1/2 I can no longer distinguish between her shoes and Ali’s. Walked right up … Read More
Gushing Over Guatemala
This is one day’s wandering around Guatemala City. About a hundred and twenty years ago a group of Guatemalan cartographers got together and spent twelve years riding around the country on foot, on burros, and on sailboats measuring their country inch by inch. Then they came back together and built … Read More
Guatemala Colors
I love how nobody but us pays any attention to a herd of goats walking right down the sidewalk in Guatemala City. This is outside the main Post Office where we had just been informed they didn’t have any stamps. It’s all about the wonderful colors splashed around the city. … Read More
Guatemala City
Spent a few days getting the lay of the land in Guatemala City. I took this picture because I kind of liked the way the painting contrasted with the McDonald’s sign. But since I’m on the subject, wow are there a lot of fast food places in Guatemala City. We … Read More
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