After some time in San Salvador, it was time to begin the journey back to Belize. After a day of touring the capital city, we boarded the King Quality bus bound for Guatemala City early the next morning. The ride across the country was quite pleasant. The seats reclined and had foot rests. We were even served a meal and refreshments. We crossed the border into Guatemala with no problems a few hours after leaving San Salvador. After a five hour trip, we arrived at the bus station in Guatemala City.
We have been to Guatemala City before, and we feel pretty comfortable in and around the city. We took a taxi to different bus station, and we boarded a bus headed for Antigua. After a trip through the streets of Guatemala City picking up passengers also bound for Antigua, we were off to last stop in our trip around Central America.
We visited Antigua last March during Semana Santa, and we highly recommend that you visit this beautiful colonial city! The capital of the Department of Sacatepequez, in the highlands, Antigua has a population around 35,000 . Founded in 1543, La Antigua, which means “Old Guatemala,” and was the third capital city of the country. After several earthquakes, the capital city was relocated to its present day location, Guatemala City.
The weather in Antigua was beautiful, and we spent our time touring the city, relaxing in the park, browsing shops, taking pictures in the market, and enjoying some delicious food. We said goodbye to this great city and continued our trip back to Belize. We had a wonderful time on our return trip to Antigua, and we look forward to future visits.
We took a shuttle back to Guatemala City and loaded the Litegua bus to Puerto Barrios. Once in Puerto Barrios, we stopped by Immigration and loaded a boat headed across the Gulf of Honduras back to Punta Gorda.
After 5 border crossings, 9 buses, 5 taxis, 3 collectivos, and 2 boat rides later,we are home. Now it is back to work. We have lots of exciting things happening with our projects, we look forward sharing them with you.
Our trip around Central America was so much fun, and we truly enjoyed ourselves. Thanks so much to Ginnie and Anthony and Bryan for the great travel trips and info!
So glad to hear you are back "home" and had such a fantastic trip--You both are indeed loved!! GiGi & Bill
Posted by: Aletha Anderson | January 14, 2009 at 05:56 PM
Nice pics, guys. Hope you are both doing well.
Posted by: Jacqueline & Chris | January 22, 2009 at 01:23 PM