Subject: Post: Seems like Guatemalan buses are just fine. In the morning we took a bus from Puerto Barrios to Guatemala City, and the 5 hour bus ride was very comfortable on a modern double-decker bus. As all the local long-distance buses here, this one stopped halfway so we could grab some food from a restaurant. The bus company seems to take security pretty seriously, there was a security check when boarding the bus and the bus was always guarded by armed security guards.<p>As Guatemala City is as unsafe as it is, we didn't feel like going anywhere from the bus station. In these countries it's actually comfortable to stay near heavily armed security guards.. The bus station was protected by a dozen of guards armed with pump-action shotguns..<p>We waited for two hours on the bus station and continued to La Antigua Guatemala on a minivan. The 45 kilometers trip took like 1.5 hours, as it seemed to be rush hour in Guatemala City and getting out of the city was really slow.<p>Eventually we reached Antigua and booked ourself into a nice hostel. Antigua is totally different than Guatemala City or Puerto Barrios. It's an UNESCO world heritage site, a beatiful colonial town which is supposed to be perfectly safe and it feels like that. Relieving after those two other cities.. :P<p>Tomorrow it's sightseeing day, and on Saturday we should climb to Volcan Pacaya, an active volcano next to Antigua.<p>Heh, by the way, Laura had been searching for me and Timo earlier somewhere in Mexico, asking hostel reception for "Dos hombres grandes" and actually got understood. :P Latitude: Longitude: Security Code:
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