Antigua

Antigua reminds me a bit of San Cristobal. Every third shopfront is either a hostel, a language school or a hairdresser. There appears to be a ton of tourist money pouring in but next to air-conditioned boutique jewelry stores there are still plenty of dusty, dark and slightly decrepit looking establishments that serve the local clientele.

I heard stories of people getting mugged in Antigua, but I never felt uncomfortable at all. I was also told a story of some poor girl who's bus from Antigua to Panajachel was held up and robbed twice at gunpoint on the same trip (they had a hard time persuading the second lot that they had no money left because they had already been robbed). I leave tomorrow in the same direction.



Another missed volcano-climbing opportunity.