antigua

i gave this elderly women some $$..there are lot

of poor beggars in antigua, its sad

Antigua is a cool cobblestone street town with a strong colonial feel.
It remains today what it looked like when built and is touristy but low key at the same time. You can get lost on the tiny cobblestone streets that feel like a maze while stumbling across tons of old buildings and churches in their original or totally run down but still up state.

roof top views...antigua is surrounded by 3 volcanoes, one huge but never cleared up enough to see it all all that time spent looking/ waiting for tires when i could have just rode to antigua and grabbed this one off the roof
Ive seen more travellers in this town than the whole trip combined so far and it was nice to speak english with people for a couple days. Im starting to feel the funneling effect of motorcyclers (met 3) in the narrowing central america who are also goaling to be in Ushuaia for Christmas that have taken various routes so far (we stick out like obese kids.)
Got caught up on some internet stuff, ate great food, found a sweet tiny watering hole and even had beers at an irish bar....yes irish in Antigua, Guatemala…. which prior to coming here would never even been a thought. I felt like a tourist and it was a nice break from the superb, but tiring last few days of ride-hard-put-away-wet.