This beautiful little city used to be the capital of Guatemala until half of it was demolished by an earthquake in 1717. They then moved the capital city 30km away and called it Guatemala City!
Surrounding Antigua are three volcanoes,( Volcan de Agua, Volcan de Fuego and Acatenago) the tops of which are generally shrouded in cloud, or little puffs of smoke and steam rising from the crater.
Neat cobbled streets, brightly coloured buildings, half-destroyed churches (Many of the towns cathedrals were not repaired after the earthquake and remain in ruins) and a healthy restaurant, bar and cafe culture, make Antigua the perfect place to take a break from the rapid traveling.
We plan to stop in Antigua for a few weeks to wind down, relax and learn Spanish.
We have found a very relaxed and comfortable Spanish Language School to study and stay at - Centro Linguistico Latino!
Chicken bus :)
Rum, the cause of many hours not studying!
Hitting the town with the locals ... not long after this we were made to drink a rum based drink called "Rosa de Jamaica" (they said: "you haven't been to Guatemala unless you have had this drink" ... clearly we had to try it!).... ... salsa dancing!
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