We hopped on our shuttle to Guatemala City and onwards to Antigua. Started out great, had breakfast, relaxed at Posada Belssy and then caught our shuttle. Nice people, young, interesting, etc...Crazy driving, yes! I was wondering on the drive how much the tires could take. Well, going up a steep slope, somewhere in the Guatemalan countryside...flat tire! What the...
So, the three men put on the spare and flagged down traffic so our driver wouldn´t get hit by the maze of vehicles whizzing by. Not bad, 30 min stop to rest our legs and chat. We happenned to find a tire repair shop not more than 2 miles down the highway. Cliffside stop to say the least. 4 kids, 1 guy and his tire repair shop. The tire was fixed but we noted the driver did not blow up the spare - see later.
We carried on to GUA city and then towards Antigua. Not more than 1.5 hours later - another friggen flat. This time we knew the spare was shit. Casey changed the tire on the shuttle and we hobbled on to Antigua. By now it was like 830, no hotel, and our wobbly tire.
Got to Antigua´s main square, central park area. The main Cathedral was lit up and it was beautiful However, we hadn´t really eaten or gone pee for that matter for a LONG time. Casey carried our big pack and a little one and we soldiered on through the streets to find a place to crash.
Let´s just say bomb squad come in please. we looked at a few places, they were really really bad. We found one at about 900 or so, Casa Santa Lucia. went for a beer, guess where Josee ' Weiner´s!!! You know the place. 1 litre Gallo here we come.
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