Because I’d read more bad than good about Guatemala City, I loosely considered skipping it. However, I’d come to realize that la capital is a terrific travel destination. Like many travelers, upon arriving, I took a shuttle straight to Antigua and got to
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![A refurbished former US school bus the market in Quezaltenango, Guatemala](https://earthdrifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Bus-at-Xela-Market-Guatemala.jpg)
As the subcontinental railway is the pulse of colorful India, the refurbished former US school buses are the man-made vibration of greenery-laden Guatemala. Shortly after arriving at Guatemala City airport, I was on a 45-minute shuttle bus bound for Antigua, Guatemala. Arriving in
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The early morning Journey to Fuentes Georgina started from the Hotel Lar Antiqua beside the Parque Central. After a cool 20-minute power walk I was at La Rotonda and soon thereafter on a refurbished school bus bound for Zunil and its geothermal pools.
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Unplanned until the evening before, I found myself wandering the grounds of the ancient Mayan site of Zaculeu, in Huehuetenango. Because Guatemala’s second biggest city of Quetzaltenango hosts a huge celebration for the country’s Independence Day, I was forced out of the Lar
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Lake Atitlán is a magically wondrous body of water that Mayans have surrounded for millennia. The following anecdotes are based on the subjective and spontaneous choices I made while spending two plus weeks around naturally and culturally stunning Lake Atitlán, Guatemala. When someone
![Memory enhancement through imagination](https://earthdrifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/View-of-Atitlan-From-Pana.jpg)
If I travel to England or Ireland and look at the signs and names around, I can often remember something without giving it much thought as these are the same names or labels I grew up with in Massachusetts. However, a person who
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Taking local transportation from Antigua, Guatemala to Panajachel on Lake Atitlán is a whole different world compared to the user-friendly tourist shuttle bus. Howbeit, I was determined to get there the same way the Guatemalan people do. I didn’t allow myself the shuttle
![Signs on the highway on the way from Guatemala City Airport to Antigua, Guatemala.](https://earthdrifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Antigua-Signs-Resized.jpg)
After learning about Skyscanner’s Everywhere function, I had to give it a try. So I typed in FROM Orlando and then in the TO field pressed the left mouse button. A blue box came up saying: Can’t decide where? Click here to search