Antigua is a small little colonial town about half an hours drive from Guatemala city. The drive from Coban took us about 6 hours and we got a glimpse of the capital city enroute. It wasn't a pretty sight. Full of favelas and very impoverished, it has a very uncomfortable vibe, at least the parts we drove through. We did see some impressive business building but that only made the whole city feel worse.
Anyway, we expected Antigua to be a big city and so we were very surprised when we got there. we had planned on climbing the active volcano Pacaya and toasting marshmelows in the lava, but the rain killed the plan. We were also told that at this point in time there was no real lava, only hot ash.
We spent two days in Antigua, but the rain played spoil sport for most of the time. We did drink the best beer I've had on this trip so far, Gallo black draft. Amazing given that the bottled version isn't half as good. Lexi who is actually a friend of a friend of ours Lisa, drove into Antigua for a nice local dinner. the food was nice but not outstanding.
The next morning we headed out to Lago Atitlan, the deepest lake in the world, set at about 1600m. Antigua was fun but mainly because we we still travelling with the Catalan gang, Susana, Amiai, and Ion.
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