ANTIGUA
Getting there...
Antigua is beautiful!!! ...but first you have to get there from San Pedro. We decided to travel via chicken bus or camionetta and what an experience. We boarded the 8 am bus at the terminal in San Pedro and 10 minutes after leaving the village we encountered a problem in the next neighbouring village of San Juan. The main streets of the village were filled with people, low hanging balloons and streamers and more elaborate alfombras on all of the main streets. Our driver threw the bus in reverse and attempted to circumvent the celebration via a dry creek bed. Unfortunately, we were stopped again when we came to the main road as it had guard rails which did not allow for us to reenter the road. We all exited the bus and the driver through it in reverse again... we walked thorough the town and found the garage where the bus had parked. The village was impassible. So, we grabbed our bags and set down on a bench and listened to the Carl with a ¨K¨Show...
At 1pm we finally boarded a chicken bus for Antigua... only problem was it was jammed full and we were squished and standing in the very back of the bus. Every seat contained at least 3 people and the aisles were full of people. Once a few people exited the bus and we had a little room to move Philip took a video
And we made it...
Cerro de la Cruz
Our first outing with the class was to cerro de la cruz. The view from the hill overlooks the city of Antigua and gives you a view of the Agua Volcano.
The Spanish Embassy
This is a beautiful building which houses a library, art exhibits, and a cafe. It´s a great place to study and read.
El Archo
The famous arch in Antigua that was constructed so that nuns could cross the street unseen.
Some of the images that are carried during the Semana Santa processions.
The Cemetery
Various pictures from around the city
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| The fountain in the central park |
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| Public wash basins |
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| Cooking chili rellenos at my teachers house |
Here´s the link to all of our pictures from Antigua
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rubff6c9b51elr3/a3todOIw5t
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