sorry, only google translate…
The ride from Lanquin to Antigua was by far the most unpleasant ride so far. No air conditioning, no turns and a slightly mad driver. In the middle of Guatemala City, which is due to the many chicken buses (old american school buses, which are converted as public transport) simply to Diesel stinks But somehow we arrived then and the city is really incredibly nicely framed by three volcanoes (two of them active).
The main reason for our visit were the volcanoes (we had heard here you can examine lava) and the colonial style of the city. After we heard that the volcano is currently inactive and accordingly no lava was present, we were content with the visit of the city. For the alternative 2-day trip to the other active volcano, we missed after the intermediate stop in Semuc Champey a little the time. We also had to make an unscheduled change because the flight we had taken from San Christobal back to Cancun was only bookable with a Mexican credit card and we would lose another day.
Therefore, we strolled through the city, through the huge labyrinth of the weekly market, to a viewpoint in the city and beat our stomach with delicious street food tacos :-)
On the following day we wanted to experience what it feels like to go with a chicken bus and took a similar stop to our next stop “Lago de Atitlan” (only 2 hours away).