I took a road trip to Guatemala with a few of my friends from Honduras. The drive from San Pedro Sula to Guatemala City took us about 8 hours. It’s a beautiful drive that winds through the mountains. I LOVE the weather in Guatemala – it gets hot during the day but it cools down at night and the humidity is nowhere near what it is in San Pedro Sula.
We spent a day in Antigua, Guatemala – which is beautiful. Excerpt from Lonely Planet: “Once the third largest city in all of Spanish America, Antigua served as Guatemala’s capital city for more than 200 years until it was destroyed by an earthquake in 1773. Antigua today is a peaceful, partially restored colonial city that is a pleasure to explore. Walk through quiet cobblestone streets past rebuilt stucco homes with heavy, beautifully carved wooden entrances. It is a short 45 km from Guatemala City on a lovely winding road. The natural scenery is some of the most beautiful anywhere with high mountain peaks surrounding deep valleys, every inch of land covered with lush growth. Explore the museums, the colonial buildings and other sites in this delightful town. Antigua has various specialties that make shopping here very worthwhile. Textiles sold here and in the nearby towns are of the highest quality, beautifully designed and woven on foot looms or the more traditional back-strap loom. Jade, in carved statues and jewellery, is sold in several factories and shops in town and silver jewellery is sold in the better shops and also in a silver factory in nearby San Felipe de Jesus. The city also offers good buys in ceramics and antiques as well. For the museum and gallery buffs, one of the best in the Central America is found in the Hotel Casa Santo Domingo. It houses colonial religious, contemporary Latin American and pre-Colombian art pieces. These form only part of the galleries and museums of the 5-star Hotel Santo Domingo, formerly a Dominican monastery. Antigua is a popular centre for Spanish study, and here you will find dozens of schools and a collection of students from around the globe. Because of the international population, there is no shortage of restaurants, bars and activities available in Antigua. You’d have to try very hard to get bored!”
The next day, we got to spend the afternoon in Paseo Cayala (a private city just outside Guatemala City) and it was amazing – I loved it!!
Sunday we got to worship with the Guatemala Church of Christ in the city and it was awesome! After church some of us went to the Hard Rock Cafe – Guatemala City – to enjoy cappuccinos and live music.
Monday morning we left to drive back to Honduras and stopped in Omoa for some photos of the ocean – it was a beautiful day!
