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Squeezing the pips in Antigua

on January 31, 2019

It’s my last few days in Guatemala and I’m determined to  make the most of them. Today I went on a bone-crunching bike ride around the villages on the outskirts of Antigua. You can imagine the difficulty of cycling over cobbled roads like this:

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Thankfully it was a bus ride to collect the bikes in San Juan del Obispo so the cycling to Antigua was mainly downhill.

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I never tire of visiting ruins in Antigua. Some are churches, others are convents but all the damaged facades are endlessly captivating. Here are a couple more ruins that have me enchanted:

Tomorrow we have a Spanish School outing to the coast. I’m looking forward to having lessons at la playa de Monterrico.


One response to “Squeezing the pips in Antigua

  1. jamescbates says:

    Looks like a fantastic time. Bike riding on cobblestones? Not for the faint of heart, I’m sure, but a once in a lifetime experience. Nice!!

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