Day 11 - Antigua

We had a long travel day ahead of as we travelled from Rio Dulce through Guatemala City which has a high volume of traffic to Antigua. Antigua is filled with beautiful cobblestone streets and all of the concrete buildings have to be painted 1 of 4 colors so the color scheme is the same throughout the entire city.

Unfortunately, I got salmonella poisoning so I was quite ill the entire day, but made a pretty quick recovery after visiting the hospital in Antigua. The doctor that helped me spoke English and was very kind. I was lucky to have such a positive experience is a country that doesn't have many resources. A large percentage of the population is considered to be in absolute poverty and makes less than 1 USD per day. Despite this, all of the locals are very friendly and welcoming to the tourists as they know that it brings money for their country.Read more