BootsnAll Travel Network



Archive for November, 2006

« Home

Day of the Dead

Sunday, November 5th, 2006

Today was our last day in Guatemala. We have been here for over 5 weeks and we have seen more than we are able to comprehend. There are only 2 sites we still would like to see, but I think we can do that on our way home. One site is a famous textile market in Chichicastenango and the other are the ruins of Tikal, the most spectacular Mayan pyramids.
Even though I didn’t like Antigua (the most beautiful city in Guatemala) too much and I was counting days to be done with the language school and head on to warmer climate in El Salvador, I wouldn’t want to miss this week. We had an extremely nice ending to our stay in Guatemala. We went out with a couple from Switzerland and a couple from Austria who we met last Wednesday on the Day of the Dead. [read on]