The southern highlands in Guatemala

The yellow streets of Antigua

La Merced church, Antigua

Woman in traditional maya clothing selling vegetables at the saturday market, Antigua

Making lunch from what we bought at the market, Antigua

Magma flowing out of volcano Pacaya

On the way up volcano San Pedro, Lake Atitlan

If i will remember Nicaragua because of it´s very open and friendly people, i will remember Guatemala because of the country´s markets and volcanoes. I can´t really say to much of it´s people when we due to security have to take minibuses for tourists and stay in places we´re there is more foreigners than locals and the locals mainly work in the tourist business.
But is this the price you´ll have to pay for travel in this country without getting robbed, I´m willing to pay it.

Our first (and maybe last) experience outside the tourist path came from the Saturday market in Antigua were we ot lost in a world of tropical fruit, colorful flowers, grains of all kinds, vegetables, meat, cheese, nuts... We bought a huge lunch for something like $ 1 each including goat cheese, giant avocados, bread, green beans, tomatoes and mango. We ended that same day with a hike up the activ volcano pacaya and even though you had to share the necessary security guide with 25 other more or less slow walking people the reward was one in a life time. Magma flowing out right under our feet, never seen anything like it!

We took a bus to lake Atitlan were we´ve now have spent 3 days climbing a volcano and just enjoyng the slow pace of a Guatemala village (with tons of other tourists). It´s hard to believe so much crime is going on here but just outside the villages gangs operate on robbing tourists and you´ll meet travellers who´ve go their passport stolen more than one time.

So soaking up the sun on our roof top is pretty much what we can do now which really isn´t that bad when it´s snowing back home!