After spending a week filled with walking, sightseeing, and hiking in Antigua, we hired a driver and drove to one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. Lake Atitlán is a short seventy miles from Antigua. But the time to cover that distance was more than two hours because the road winds around hills and mountains and through several villages. Lake Atitlán is a vacation destination for Guatemalans to escape the big city, but it is also a favorite…
Marshmallows A “must-do” activity in Antigua, Guatemala is to hike up a volcano. There are four volcanoes near Antigua. Volcan Fuego is the most active and it still spews ash plumes high into the air. As we drove into Antigua, we could see the smoke and ash. Volcan de Fuego Tour operators offer hiking trips to observe the eruption of Fuego, however, tourists cannot hike the Fuego volcano itself because it is active, but they can hike Acatenango, which is…
In the last four years, and since starting our blog, we have traveled extensively in Mexico and South America. However, since the end of the pandemic, we have left the U.S. for short two-week trips rather than spending months traveling between countries. And, we totally skipped Central America. Until now. Our last adventure (almost a year ago) was to Puebla, Mexico. Since the end of 2022, we have had several setbacks that prevented us from traveling. Kathy’s mother died and…