McDonalds is better in Antigua

This has been a rather interesting Sunday!

We saw the start and finish of the Medio Maraton las Rosas, a half-marathon that starts and finishes in the Parque Central.
We briefly visited a church called Vida y Fe (Life and Faith) that someone had told us about. We enjoyed 30-40 minutes of [...]

Chicken Bus - does not include chickens

Stacey and I have gone on 3 chicken bus rides so far, all as part of “field trips” with groups from school. So we’ve never had to pay the Q1.5 fare (around 20 cents), figure out which bus to hop onto, or when to hop off. But still, it’s such an unusual experience [...]

Roasting marshmallows on lava

Tomorrow morning at 6:00 am (which is 7:00 back in Valparaiso) Stacey and I leave for Pacaya, the only active volcano in Guatemala that they let you climb. From what we’ve been told, it’s about an hour and half to get there, two hours to climb it, then an hour to climb back down. [...]