Thurs 5th MarLeft the lovely town of Antigua and headed off on a 2hr shuttle to Chichicastenango markets. Lots of narrow streets, filled with market stalls selling tourist bags, textiles, masks, purses etc etc, plus local things like houseware, fruit, veg etc etc.Spent 4 hours wandering up and down all the alleyways, getting pushed and shoved around as the little local women went about their buying and selling, with everything in colourful knapsack-type bags over...

Sun 1st MarAnother long, tedious shuttle from Lanquin to Antigua. Left at 8, finally arriving at 4pm. Interesting change of climate though - going from cool cloud forest, into hot, arid, cactus scenery, and finally Antigua with the volcano landscape.Beautiful city - UNESCO - cobbled streets, old ruins, beautiful plaza, but also super busy and lots of tourists.We arrived right in the middle of a religious procession which made navigating to our hostel with our big...

Fri 28th FebLong boring, uncomfy day of travel, but still better than expected. Everything I'd read and heard from others was it could take up to 12 hrs, road closures, road works etc etc. But we left at 8:30 from Flores, couple of stops for coffee/toilet break, and lunch, but then arrived into Lanquin at 5.Nice hotel with pool, bar, restaurant, hammocks overlooking jungle etc, and only £11 each per night ! But as per our recent luck, cold and rainy :( Sat...

Tues 25th FebLong day of travel today to get from Bogota, to Guatemala City, and up to Flores.Taxi to airport at 8:30, and surprisingly little traffic so arrived at 9am. Caught the 12:05 flight to Guatemala City, arriving at 2:30 local time (1hr behind Colombia).Sat in very tiny airport with nothing to do until next flight up to Flores at 6:30pm. But they did have free wifi so used that for research, uploading things etc.Short 1hr flight, then quick 10min taxi to...