¡Hola todo el mundo!
I haven´t been healthy since the day I got here. I hope it doesn´t mean anything more than I just have shitty luck...
I spent a lovely weekend at Monterrico Beach, killing my flu with the sun and attempting to escape Bed Bugs. Killing the flu was a sucess, bed bugs- not so much.
Monterrico is about 8 hours away, on chicken bus, shuttle, and however else you want to travel- up and around nasceating roads. I bet it would only take a few hours if it wasn´t for all the volcanoes and mountains that stand in our way. Anywho..since it´s so far, we decided to take the 5 hours trip to Antigua first and spend a night there. I had been told by many that it was a city worth visiting....I disliked it. A lot.
Antigua.
Gringo central.
If you ever have an urge to want to say you´ve been to Guatemala, but actually don´t want to come to Guatemala- then Antigua is the place for you. The whole city is a show for rich European travelers...the culture has been sucked right out of it. I honestly felt like I had left Guatmala and landed in another country....closer to Scandinavia. For some, this may be the perfect place...but when I come to live in a place I want to experience it´s people and its culture in its true form and there wasn´t a drop of it in Antigua. Guatemala is a very poor country, rich in Mayan culture and its poverty speaks through it´s people...even in the cities, but Antigua is a different story. It´s filled with over prices Steak Houses and Cuban Cigar shops, Art Galleries and High-end Jewlery stores....you can even find a Pizza-hut like shop on just about every corner and coffee close to that of Starbucks.
Ugh, even telling you about this right now just makes me shake my head. It´s shameful. Most of the Europeans who travel there fly right into the Antigua airport-which you pay twice as much for-and leave from there as well. It makes me sad to think that Antigua is all of Guatemala that some people experience. The real story is everywhere else, and its soooo much better!
I had originally thought about studying in Antigua for a week, since many students go to study there...but, One afternoon was more than enough.
Anyways, the point of this run-off story was that I got eaten alive in Antigua as well.
Estoy siendo comida viva.
Don´t stay at the Black Cat. They may offer a mean breakfast, but you´ll be breakfast for about a dozen bed bugs first. Then, I arrive back home in Xela (thankfully)...finally having kicked all my illnessed and I get FOOD POISONING. Turns out I should stay away from the Milk....
I haven´t been healthy since the day I got here. I hope it doesn´t mean anything more than I just have shitty luck...
I spent a lovely weekend at Monterrico Beach, killing my flu with the sun and attempting to escape Bed Bugs. Killing the flu was a sucess, bed bugs- not so much.
Monterrico is about 8 hours away, on chicken bus, shuttle, and however else you want to travel- up and around nasceating roads. I bet it would only take a few hours if it wasn´t for all the volcanoes and mountains that stand in our way. Anywho..since it´s so far, we decided to take the 5 hours trip to Antigua first and spend a night there. I had been told by many that it was a city worth visiting....I disliked it. A lot.
Antigua.
Gringo central.
If you ever have an urge to want to say you´ve been to Guatemala, but actually don´t want to come to Guatemala- then Antigua is the place for you. The whole city is a show for rich European travelers...the culture has been sucked right out of it. I honestly felt like I had left Guatmala and landed in another country....closer to Scandinavia. For some, this may be the perfect place...but when I come to live in a place I want to experience it´s people and its culture in its true form and there wasn´t a drop of it in Antigua. Guatemala is a very poor country, rich in Mayan culture and its poverty speaks through it´s people...even in the cities, but Antigua is a different story. It´s filled with over prices Steak Houses and Cuban Cigar shops, Art Galleries and High-end Jewlery stores....you can even find a Pizza-hut like shop on just about every corner and coffee close to that of Starbucks.
Ugh, even telling you about this right now just makes me shake my head. It´s shameful. Most of the Europeans who travel there fly right into the Antigua airport-which you pay twice as much for-and leave from there as well. It makes me sad to think that Antigua is all of Guatemala that some people experience. The real story is everywhere else, and its soooo much better!
I had originally thought about studying in Antigua for a week, since many students go to study there...but, One afternoon was more than enough.
Anyways, the point of this run-off story was that I got eaten alive in Antigua as well.
Estoy siendo comida viva.
Don´t stay at the Black Cat. They may offer a mean breakfast, but you´ll be breakfast for about a dozen bed bugs first. Then, I arrive back home in Xela (thankfully)...finally having kicked all my illnessed and I get FOOD POISONING. Turns out I should stay away from the Milk....
1 comment:
Halloooo Vicki! Punt Antigua- back to Guatemala. I hope you feel good enough to start on the Habitat for Humanity project. I'll be anxious to hear all about it!! Love, Daddio
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