Matt & Sarah's Big Trip: Antics in Antigua

After a great time staying in Flores and visiting the amazing Tikal, it was time to head South on a 10 hour coach trip to the Guatemalan Capital City, appropriately named Guatemala City. The thrill of a 5am wake up call, and the wait for the bus to appear, was made a bit easier by watching the sun slowly rise and the moon slowly fade away into the daylight...

Flores Sunrise

This coach was a lot better than the chicken buses in Belize, not sure my bum could take 10 hours on one of those bone shakers!

Relaxing in comfort

Arriving in Guatemala City (not the safest of places sadly), it was a quick hop-foot from the bus to a shuttle to whistle us away to Antigua, a Spanish word referring to the fact that this is the old capital city before numerous earthquakes meant they gave up and relocated. What's left behind is a town that's a bit stuck in the past - full of lovely cobbled streets, ruins next door to towering churches and great little markets. Arriving late, we headed straight to bed and then started our day with the chance to appear in the hostel's new promotional video and photos - here's the crew setting themselves up for filming us eating. An odd way to start the day.

Lights, camera, action!

So, with the amazing sunrise the day before and speaking to the film crew about photography - I thought it best to dust off the photography skills and try and capture this amazing town. Here are a few of my efforts...