Goodbye Security, Hola Guatemala

So, it’s done.
Home gone, furniture donated and all the stuff that we apparently can’t let go of is now in safe hands.
It felt a little strange giving away the door keys knowing that we are now in the ‘No fixed address’ category but boy does it feel good. To make our new freedom feel even better it was cold, grey and bleeding miserable in London when we left so no broken hearts.
By contrast we landed in Madrid for our connecting flight to Guatemala in beautiful sunshine, a rare and most welcome phenomenon for English eyes in January.

The flight to Guatemala was uneventful, the plane was a little small and cramped but when we landed it became obvious that a bigger plane may not have been wiser, a steep descent and a sharp turn in front of a small mountain on landing left a few travellers screaming and I for one still have my better half’s claw marks in my leg to prove it.

We were picked up at the airport and travelled through Guatemala City to Antigua by bus during the local rush hour, an experience not dissimilar to driving in Delhi, but nevertheless well worth the effort.
After a good night’s sleep to recover from the journey we have spent this morning mooching around Antigua chilling, the place is cool and surprisingly very relaxed and the people are great, they are very friendly and helpful….Nice

Antigua from our roof terrace

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Streets of Antigua

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Dani from our room

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Love to all

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