We finally got out of Coban, with brakes!
Good thing, too as Guatemala is one hilly place. We'd be in trouble. Brakes or not, I ran over a dog; his fault. He ran alongside the truck for awhile thinking about it, faked us a few times, then jumped right out in front and right under the truck. We felt him bouncing about the running gear and saw him scrambling to get out of the way of the truck behind us, he lived!
The drive through Guatemala city was hectic
and we got turned around a bit before finally finding our way down the LONG steep hill into Antigua..
Antigua is surrounded by three volcanoes and full of tourists. There is good coffee and fun things to do about town for a bit before you've seen everything. Unfortunately, Alex ate a questionable falafel and was down with some sort of stomach parasite the whole time we we there. After a visit to the doctor, a bunch of pills and a week's time, he was okay. He read 5 books; one a day. I explored the place at night by myself and met a ton of great people; had an absolutely wonderful time. Always nice to hang with Californians. During the day Alex and I got out and saw a few movies with subtitles in espanol, exchanged and bought books, and drank good coffee.
Luckily, we camped for free the whole time in a big lot where the police park their vehicles and where some live.
Aside from a work crew burning a bit of it one day, it was an awesome spot to stay in the middle of the city.
We were planning on hiking the nearby and active Pacaya Volcano, but by the time Alex was feeling better, we were both ready to get out of there; it had been a week without a swim or any exercise save walking around.
GB
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