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The small town of Anitgua

Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala


Antigua is completely opposite of Guatemala City. The town is set in a valley surrounded by three Volcanoes. The streets are cobblestone and the building are like Spanish / Italian / Southern European style. People here are friendly and there is definitely a community / family atmosphere. We arrived here on Sunday, which is market day, so all the local people were out and about. Most the women and young girls were wearing authentic Spanish dresses and walking down the street with cloth bundles on their head. On the way to the market we came across a fĂștbol (soccer) game in the dirt where the audience was going crazy. Around the corner we came to the market. It was pretty much like a swap meet with tons of stalls with the same stuff one after another. They sold mountains of fruit, clothes, belts, watches, sunglasses, hats, toiletries, racks of pirated CDs and DVDs and tons of colorful textile blankets, purses, hair bands, tablecloths, etc.
We walked around for a little longer then decided to head back to the hostel to rest before we went on a Volcano tour later in the afternoon.


permalink written by  ryan & debbrial on October 18, 2009 from Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala
from the travel blog: Us Discovering the Latin Americas
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