The Flip Flop Family - Week 5 - Guatemala, Antigua
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Date: 06/06/2018

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Antigua is a great alternative to Guatemala City. It's small enough to get around by foot and tuk tuk but large enough to keep exploring. The landscape is certainly unique with 3 major volcanoes overlooking Antigua. One spits smoke, one splatters water and the other spits lava. You can hike up some of the Volcanoes and even toast marshmallows!

It's strange to see old yellow American school buses flying down the streets in Guatemala but you get used to it. For years these buses have been imported into Central America, given a paint job and used as 'chicken buses'. They were given this name either because they used to transport livestock or because they cram so many people in that they look like chickens!

We stayed in an apartment in the hills amongst the locals. At first we felt a little isolated as it was a 30min walk to central park but we soon grew to love waking up to the view of the volcanoes. The kids would rush to the terrace in the morning to see if they could see any smoke or lava spewing out! 

Emiliana would practice her Spanish in the morning with the locals when buying milk and bread. Both kids learnt quickly that the many dogs on the streets are not for petting! They would bark and even howl all night long which was something we had to get used to.

We found Guatemala a little more expensive than Mexico, but bare in mind that Antigua is touristy.

Average costs in April 2018
Milk 1litre = 9Qz / 90p
Loaf of bread = 135Qz / £1.35
Bottle if water 1litre = 4qz / 40p
Tuc tuc for 10mins = 15/20Qz / £1.50/2

We spent our time in Antigua exploring the town and relaxing as Mexico was pretty busy and we needed a break!

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