Another day wasted by buses. I would storm out of Guatemala in anger if I wouldn`t get delayed along the way. This incident involved our bus breaking down and us having to wait until two in the morning for another bus to pick us up. I eventually slept standing up in the isle of a bumpy bus crammed upright by other passengers. We slept in the next day and were forced to delay our visit to the Tikal ruins for the next day. We booked a trip at three in the morning...

It´s an unusual feeling entering Antigua for the first time. It´s certainly different from other Central American towns, though apart from being more touristy, there´s a far bigger difference: there are no stray dogs. On this trip we´ve seen some of the most hideous examples of what people choose to keep as pets. Scrawny, flea-infested vermin, some with udders dragging along the floor behind them, are strangly not to be seen in Antigua, though in a town with ...

Instead of taking a four hour tourist bus into Antigua in Guatamala, we insted decided to be cheap and only take the chicken buses. Three cramped bumpy rides and seven hours later, we had only just made it to the Guatamalan border; to late to get any buses further. It`s well known that border towns are never fun places but this one was a very odd place. As we entered the hotel, we saw a very drunk man collapse in the hotel`s restaurant. Two hours later we saw him...