I'm no princess. I've travelled on night buses many times. We take them as often as we can, it saves us paying for one night of accommodation but the night bus from Flores to Guatemala city was not my favourite, that being said, on a global scale, it's not a bad bus at all, there are far worse. The Night Bus From Flores to Guatemala City Or even the bus from Guatemala … [Read more...]
Tikal With Kids. Discovering the Maya in Tikal Guatemala.
The highlight of our time in Guatemala was Tikal National Park, the most incredible set of Mayan ruins in the world. But Tikal with kids, is that really going to work? Is it safe? Is it too hot, too high, too boring, too far? No way, the boys had a ball. It's always important to learn something about the places you visit, before you go, we include some YouTube videos about … [Read more...]
Good Friday Procession Flores Guatemala
Good Friday, two religions in one day. Ancient Mayan traditions in a steamy sub-tropical rain forest at Tikal and an evening Catholic procession in the town of Flores. During our month in Antigua Guatemala we saw the Sunday processions and flower carpets of the build up to Easter, the big day itself will fall for us here on the tiny island of Flores. The Good Friday … [Read more...]
Good Friday At Tikal Guatemala
Wow, what a day, what a place, what a huge amount of learning! We are in Guatemala for Easter and it just happened that our visit to Tikal, the most incredible site in the Mayan world, fell on Good Friday. We've already experienced the huge build up to Easter in Antigua Guatemala, the biggest Easter Celebrations in the world ( click the link to see more, it was stunning). … [Read more...]
From Antigua to San Pedro La Laguna & Lake Atitlan Guatemala
Dedicated followers ( there are a few!) will know that we just spent a whole month in Antigua Guatemala quietly getting on with life before catching the bus from Antigua to San Pedro La Laguna up on Lake Atitlan. It's like stepping into another world, one we find infinitely more enjoyable. Antigua is lovely but we're really falling in love with San Pedro, this is our kind of … [Read more...]
Food in Antigua Guatemala
We are having a very nice time here in Antigua Guatemala, quietly living our lives for a month. the Guatemalan food culture in Antigua is very different to what we're used to on the backpacker trail in Asia. For some reason we expected everywhere to have plenty of inexpensive eating options, it's not really the case here. So lets talk a bit about food and where to eat in … [Read more...]
Attacked by Dogs in Antigua
We travel to find new and different experiences, but while being attacked by dogs in Antigua qualified for both categories, it was an experience we really could have done without yesterday. We are a family of 4, we have two small children, 7 and 9. We are staying in Antigua, Guatemala for a while and just quietly getting on with our lives, the kids are doing some school … [Read more...]
Getting to Guatemala from USA. The Cheap Way.
We think we found a great way of Getting to Guatemala from USA at the end of our 1 month USA road trip. It worked our cheaper for us to fly from the USA to El Salvador and enter Guatemala overland, than it would have been to fly direct to Guatemala City. We had no fixed plans for Central America, we just needed to get out of the USA for a while before returning to the States to … [Read more...]
Flower Carpets Antigua Guatemala
Flower carpets in Antigua Guatemala are an Easter tradition that we knew about before we arrived. We didn't know that we'd be seeing them every Sunday during Lent, in the run up to Easter and throughout Holy Week. If you can possibly be in Guatemala at the right time, seeing these flower carpets and Easter processions should be on your travel bucket list. The process of … [Read more...]
Living in Antigua Guatemala. A Month of Being Normal.
I posted on Facebook the other day that life was pretty fine, the kids were in the pool, I had a glass of red and all was right with the world. Normal life has been resumed for a month of living in Antigua Guatemala. That is exactly how life used to be back home in Port Douglas before we set off to travel the world. Same life, different spot. Home, and our base for … [Read more...]