An early start to the day as we left the Hilton (I wish we could have stayed longer.....for free of course!) on bound for our flight to Guatemala. This time our short flight landed successfully in Guatemala. Our first impressions of Guatemala Airport were great with this clean airport a great deal better than Miami's scummy disorganised base.
Passport control and baggage reclaim was far more simple, the first difficulty came when exchanging money, and navigating the entrance of the bureau de change. It seemed that no-one spoke English.
We embarked on our journey towards our hostel heading into unfamiliar grounds. Having no address or number for the hostel proved a massive challenge and with a language barrierwe couldn't make ourselves understood. It seemed that the driver had never heard of Hostel Casa Santorini.
After making a few calls on his mobile (I hate it when drivers do this on the go) we eventually arrived at this creepy boarded up place. Stepping inside, it still looked a little creepy, but it was still a bed for the night. We collapsed to chill out for a while, still completely exhausted from the previous day. Then the panic set in. I freaked out about the language barrier, over how complicated everything was going to be - I wanted to go home - I wanted my mum.
We left to head out for town and the hostel looked completely different, and like the one I booked online. We headed off to explore Guatemala City and with the intention of booking our transport for the next destination; Copan. As we started walking, it became very clear that a dark cloud loomed over G.C.. Looks like AA wouldn't be landing here AGAIN tonight. We hit town just as it started to chuck it down with rain - lucky we brought our waterproofs. Hedman Alas bus booked for the next day (yes we managed to book something in Spanish!). We pegged it to a restaurant as the rain lashed down. By now the road was turning into a river and avoiding getting drenched was a challenge.
Full and warm, we braved the water - its easy to see how this country has suffered such horrendous flooding. And waited for our taxi home. A successful "wet" day.
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