Teryn and I are safe in Antigua Guatemala tonight. We had no real problems with transit, killed a bunch of time in LAX with some new friends, and made it to Guatemala City absolutely exhausted.
Don't ask me how, but Teryn managed to sleep through most of our 4-5 hour flight from LA to Guatemala City... me, not so much. There was a woman behind us snoring like no one I've ever heard before (who I also diagnosed with some form of sleep disordered breathing), my seat didn't recline all the way, and the very petite woman beside me managed to have her elbows everywhere. Don't ask me how.
So we got into Guatemala City and promptly left, then spent the day walking around Antigua, which is a very cute little town with some pretty crazy cobblestone streets I have very nearly broken my ankles on multiple times.
It will come as a surprise to aboslutely no one that I am brutally sunburnt. Already. But so is Teryn, so at least I have that consolation. I also have a pretty wicked head cold and realized I do not know the Spanish word for "decongestant". Sign language: unsuccessful.
Today we took a shuttle up to Volcan Pacaya, which is an active volcano in the
area. There was no lava (disppointing enough for one guy to actually quit the hike and hang out by the van for several hours) but it was a nice hike anyway. Well, by nice, I mean dirty but interesting. The volcano is spewing some smoke and there are some sweet vents pumping out hot air. "Natural sauna" is the way our guide put it. We also roasted some marshmallows on them - that's how hot some of them are. Unique experience? Hell yes.
Don't ask me how, but Teryn managed to sleep through most of our 4-5 hour flight from LA to Guatemala City... me, not so much. There was a woman behind us snoring like no one I've ever heard before (who I also diagnosed with some form of sleep disordered breathing), my seat didn't recline all the way, and the very petite woman beside me managed to have her elbows everywhere. Don't ask me how.
So we got into Guatemala City and promptly left, then spent the day walking around Antigua, which is a very cute little town with some pretty crazy cobblestone streets I have very nearly broken my ankles on multiple times.
It will come as a surprise to aboslutely no one that I am brutally sunburnt. Already. But so is Teryn, so at least I have that consolation. I also have a pretty wicked head cold and realized I do not know the Spanish word for "decongestant". Sign language: unsuccessful.
Today we took a shuttle up to Volcan Pacaya, which is an active volcano in the
area. There was no lava (disppointing enough for one guy to actually quit the hike and hang out by the van for several hours) but it was a nice hike anyway. Well, by nice, I mean dirty but interesting. The volcano is spewing some smoke and there are some sweet vents pumping out hot air. "Natural sauna" is the way our guide put it. We also roasted some marshmallows on them - that's how hot some of them are. Unique experience? Hell yes.So now I should go because Teryn is excited about salsa dancing (and watching over my shoulder as I write this). Bailamos!
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