The Pan American Highway from Guatemala City |
Antigua Guatemala is 12 km off the Panamericana |
Billboards at the exit for Antigua Guatemala |
Commercial Exhibition for the People's Republic of China, Guatemala 2011 |
The first view of Volcan de Fuego (3763m/12,345ft) |
Entering the old colonial city of Antigua Guatemala, a UNESCO World Heritage Site |
Antigua Guatemala is easy to navigate with it's square grid and prominent volcanoes |
Casa Florencia, Antigua Guatemala - recommended |
My guesthouse in Antigua - Casa Florencia, 7a Avenida Norte |
Casa Florencia, Antigua Guatemala |
My room at Casa Florencia |
Painting of Antigua Guatemala at the Casa Florencia |
A fountain dated 1756, Calle de los Nazarenos |
Casa de los Búcaros, Antigua Guatemala |
VW Beetle parked across from one of Antigua Guatemala's Spanish schools |
Los Arcos Reds Bar y Restaurante, Antigua |
The shuttles are all the same, you can book with any agency |
Map of the Spanish colonial city of Antigua Guatemala |
El Reino Del Jade, 5a Avenida Norte, near the arch |
La Cenicienta Pasteles-Café, 2a Calle Poniente (Pte/West) |
Antigua Guatemala was founded by the Spanish in 1543 and served as capital until 1776 |
An old VW Beetle, Antigua Guatemala |
Flowers blooming in January, Antigua Guatemala |
Creativo Spa Salon & Restaurante El Papaturro, 2a Calle Ote |
Inguat - Guatemala Tourism Office |
"Calles" run east/west. From Parque Central east the names are "Oriente" (Ote) and west are "Poniente" (Pte) |
"Avenidas" run north/south. From Parque Central north they are called Norte (Nte) and south, Sur |
4a Calle Ote, Antigua Guatemala |
Casa Antigua El Jaulon, 16th C. |
Corner shop on Av 7a Nte |
Cute tile stop and one way signs, Antigua Guatemala |
Bar y Restaurante La Chimenea, 7a Av Nte, Antigua Guatemala |
Jardin Bavaria, 7a Avenida Norte, Antigua |
The beer garden of Jardin Bavaria |
Jardin Bavaria is nice, but nowhere as friendly and personal as the German restaurant/brewery Sol de Copan in Honduras |
Gallo de Barril, Jardin Bavaria |
German platter, Jardin Bavaria |
A nice cold beer, Jardin Bavaria |
Jardin Bavaria's homebrew |
Jardin Bavaria, Antigua Guatemala |
Boys from the Jardin Bavaria out looking to drum up some business |
Old American school busses find new life south of the border |
Municipalidad de La Antigua Guatemala |
1a Calle Pte, Antigua Guatemala |
Restaurante Los Nazarenos, 1a Calle Pte |
Hotel Casa Shalom, Antigua Guatemala |
Corner travel agency, Antigua Guatemala |
Club de los Viajeros, Antigua Guatemala |
Colorful houses of Antigua Guatemala |
Academia Antigueña de Español, Antigua Guatemala |
Calle de la Inquisicion, Antigua Guatemala |
Jades Imperio Maya, Antigua Guatemala |
Roy.com Internet Café, Antigua Guatemala |
View from the terrace of Café Sky, 1a Av Sur, a great place for a late afternoon beverage |
The sky at Café Sky, Antigua Guatemala |
Big clouds over Antigua's volcanoes |
The clouds sort of blocked the nice sunset |
Café Sky, Antigua Guatemala |
Frida's Cocina Mexicana, 5a Av Nte, Antigua Guatemala |
Centro de textiles tradicionales Nim Po't, 5a Av Nte |
Large selection of souvenirs at Nim Po't, Antigua Guatemala |
Guatemalan handicrafts - crucifixes, Nim Po't |
Maximón overlooking the commerce at Nim Po't |
Guatemalan handicrafts - woodcarvings, Nim Po't |
Guatemalan handicrafts - masks, Nim Po't |
Guatemalan t-shirts, Nim Po't - Antigua Guatemala |
Guatemalan handicrafts - religious sculptures, Nim Po't |
5a Av Norte at night, Antigua Guatemala |
Antigua Guatemala's Arabic shisha bar, 5a Av Norte |
Arabic shisha bar, Antigua Guatemala |
Note the "No Smoking" sign on the wall behind the narghile pipe |
A bright clear morning with a fine view of the conic Volcán de Agua (3760m/12,336ft) |
For orientation, Volcán de Agua is directly south of the city of Antigua Guatemala |
The Volcán de Agua last erupted in the mid-16th Century |
Early morning with blue sky and just a touch of cloud |
Panaderia La Merced |
Typical view of Antigua Guatemala looking south, 5a Av Nte |
Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala |
5a Av Norte is also called Avenida del Reformador |
Volcán de Agua, Antigua Guatemala |
2a Calle Pte, Antigua Guatemala |
An interesting chimney, Antigua Guatemala |
Templo Evangelico El Cordero de Dios, 2a Calle Ote |
Volcan de Agua rising over 7300 feet above the city |
Antigua Guatemala is a highland city with an elevation of just over 5,000 feet |
Graceful entrance to an old building now housing a number of galleries |
Casa de los Milagros, Antigua Guatemala |
Coat-of-Arms of Spain over the entrance to 1a Av Nte, 12 |
The streets of Antigua look much better without parked cars |
Volcán de Agua destroyed the original settlement, the Ciudad Vieja, in 1541 |
The laher flow that destroyed the Ciudad Vieja lead to the name Volcán de Agua |
1a Av Nte, Antigua Guatemala |
Café Sky, 1a Av Sur, Antigua Guatemala |
The terrace bar of Café Sky, Antigua Guatemala |
Looking north from Café Sky along 1a Av Nte to the Cerro de la Cruz |
Breakfast at the Café Sky with a clearer view of Volcán de Agua and the Iglesia de San Francisco |
Iglesia de San Francisco & Volcán de Agua |
Looking west along 6a Calle Ote to twin peaks of Volcán Acatenango, 3976m (13,045ft) |
Alto - Antigua Guatemala's tile stop sign, 1a Av Nte |
1a Av Nte, Antigua Guatemala |
Y tu Piña tambien, Antigua Guatemala |
6a Calle Ote, Antigua Guatemala |
Micronegocio Banco Azteca, Antigua Guatemala |
Casa de los Gigantes - carnival shop |
In 1760 the Archbishop granted 90 days of indulgences for something |
6a Calle Ote, Antigua Guatemala |
One of the many painted up old school buses plying the route between Antigua and Guatemala City |
Old public laundry facilities at the east end of Plaza La Union |
Sundial "Ave Maria Pur", Plaza Union (6a Calle Ote) |
A two-story building rises above its neighbors |
Antigua Guatemala's cinema |
5a Calle Pte, Antigua Guatemala |
Ri Kech, Arte y Tradición de Guatemala |
Clothing shop on the corner of 5a Calle Pte and 6a Av Nte |
A line of motorbikes, 5a Calle Pte, Antigua Guatemala |
More motorbikes, 5a Calle Pte, Antigua Guatemala |
A red house typical of Antigua Guatemala, 1a Calle Ote |
Corner of 1a Calle Ote and 4a Av Nte |
An old house with a strange octagonal feature |
I often rent cars when I travel, but I managed El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala by public transport and tourist shuttles |
Jades Imperio Maya, Antigua Guatemala |
Antigua Guatemala is compact, but I still did a whole lot of walking |
Alto & Una Via, Antigua Guatemala |
Casa Antigua El Jaulon, 4a Calle Ote |
Antigua Guatemala |
Café La Escudilla and Riki's Bar, Antigua Guatemala |
A painting of St. Sebastian at Café La Escudilla |
In the passage beyond Café La Escudilla is Riki's Bar |
Past Riki's you reach the Paris Bar |
Lava Gourmet Burgers and Scenic Terrace, Antigua Guatemala |
Mural at the Whiskey Den, Antigua Guatemala |
La Cuevita de los Urquizú, a good place for Guatemalan food, but not the cheapest |
Menu of La Cuevita de los Urquizú |
Terrace of La Cuevita de los Urquizú |
Guatemalan vegetable dishes - La Cuevita de los Urquizú |
Guatemalan meat dishes - La Cuevita de los Urquizú |
Tile house number, Antigua Guatemala |
Hostal El Caminante, 1a Av Nte, Antigua Guatemala |
Salsa School, 1a Av Nte, Antigua Guatemala |
Salsa Dreams, Antigua Guatemala |
Dominoes delivers in Antigua Guatemala |
Panaderia y Pasteleria Doña Luisa Xicotencatl |
An interesting baroque window on one of Antigua's old colonial buildings |
Shopping in Antigua Guatemala |
Tile stop sign in the UNESCO World Heritage City of Antigua Guatemala |
Café Flor - Thai food in Antigua Guatemala |
It would be nice if they could banish cars from the town center in Antigua Guatemala |
Antigua Guatemala was mostly abandoned after the 1773 earthquake |
Door knocker - Antigua Guatemala |
Paper maché animals in a window |
Volcán de Agua, Antigua Guatemala |
A nearly perfect circular cloud over Volcán de Agua |
Another visit to Café Sky hoping for that perfect sunset |
Clouds move in almost completely obscuring the summit of Volcán de Agua |
Evening at Antigua Guatemala |
As night falls, Volcán de Agua is changed into a dark conical silhouette |
Mono Loco - the Crazy Monkey - the biggest bar in Antigua Guatemala hugely popular with foreigners |
Moza, a dark Guatemalan bock beer |
Cabro Extra, an alternative to the omnipresent Gallo |
Marcel Dingemans and his sister, two Dutch tourists I met on the terrace at Sky Café |
Out at Mono Loco, Antigua Guatemala |
The Crazy Monkey |
Bad Monkey! Antigua Guatemala |
Back on the Panamericana, it's 327 km to the Mexican border |
Former public laundry |
Sun Dial |
Former public laundry |
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