We are leaving San Lucas today @ 7 a.m. on a Mission bus that is taking some people to the Airport in Guatemala City. We will be spending part of three days in Antigua and plan to meet Dad's friend Oscar there.
Our trip here was very fast... 2 hours from San Lucas... we expected more. One thing for sure... traveling in a private car is faster than a chicken bus.... though it is not a way that most people there can travel!
We were amazed at the beauty of our hotel. It costs a little more than $17 a night! Once we got checked in, Becky, Aaron, Dad and I went to a very nice internet cafe to upload some pics to my blog and to burn a cd of pics for Antonio (he has a laptop that the government has required teachers to have) and we thought the pics would be a nice present for him, since he has no way to take them.
Dad and I met Oscar at 1 p.m. and took a Tuk Tuk to the church of San Hernando Pedro where he is buried and toured it. Then we walked MILES to tour other ruins and churches. Most of these churches were started int he mid 1500's and were ruined by earth quakes. There are some real beautiful places here in Antigua... which makes it kind of a tourist trap. It is so UNLIKE any place else we have been on this trip. NO trash, nicer cars -- definitely more wealth here. I took HUNDREDS of photos here as the architectual features of the ruins and buildings fascinated me.
Oscar left at 5 for a meeting in Guatemala City and will return tomorrow @ 8 a.m.
Oscar is a wonderful tour guide! It was funny, when I greeted him this morning, I said, "Oscar, Mi Amigo" and he was astounded that I had learned Spanish while there. We communicated very well all afternnon. A fun day! Definitely what we needed to lessen the shock of going back home!
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