We arrived in Guatemala, at the border can we already feel the kindness and the smiles of Guatemalans.
The camera of Alexis stopped working, so we had to go to the only Canon store in Guatemala City, a city that was not planned in our itinerary. 1 hour later the camera was fixed and they didn’t charge us anything, perfect! We saw quickly some streets of the city center on our way.

Then we went straight after that to Antigua, a colonial city at 90min driving from Guatemala City. Just like the cities we visited in Nicaragua, Antigua is very colorful, lively, full of romantic and charming restaurants.

After an earthquake in 1773, the city which was the capital of the country at that time, was almost completely destroyed and rebuilt in 1776 at the actual Guatemala City. We can see several churches in ruines across the city, protected by UNESCO . We could see a lot of women from the surrounding villages with their traditional clothes, selling clothes to tourists.

Antigua is surrounded by three volcanoes, during sunny days with blue sky it gives another dimension to streets of the city.

The morning we were having breakfast in the pleasant garden of our hostel, and we were going to get lost in the beautiful streets, craft markets, art galleries and cafes and have tasted the Guatemalan cuisine.

One sunny morning we climbed the hill of Cerro de la Cruz to enjoy the view of the city from the heights.

One evening Alexis went to play in a coffe-restaurant with Argentines and Italians that we met earlier in the afternoon.

We stayed one more day than expected because Alexis was not feeling well, stomach pain, fatigue ect … Then he went for a blood test and 3h30 later we had the results (efficient Guatemala!). He had parasites…