[GUATEMALA] Flores / Crossing the Guatemala border in Mexico
Originally, as soon as I left Cuba and arrived at Cancun Airport, it was a three-hour flight to Guatemala City.However, the Valleys uninhabited by Japanese kids couldn't resist the temptation to travel to the island and returned to Cancun, but decided that it was impossible for all six people except me to be Japanese.Eventually, while staying in Cancun, she decided to enjoy Jooyoung's sister and Woohyun's brother and Yucatan Peninsula, but lost her cell phone at Coco Bongo, which went the night of arrival.My otitis media worsened as it had already worsened by playing in the water for more than a month.Eventually we decided to go overland to Guatemala.
Mexico-Valleys (Skip)-Guatemala, Flores.
I took a Mexican ADO bus to Valleys City.(About 430 pesos)To leave Mexico, it requires a departure tax of $50.I heard that there is no such thing, but I wake up and laughBut woo, if it's different, I have to give it. Otherwise, I can't leave.
Enter the Valleys!There was no entry tax.After entering the Valleys, our bus was waiting for us.
We departed at around 10 p.m. and dropped off at a bus terminal in Valleys City around 7 a.m.As it was, we took a taxi to another bus terminal.It was about 5 minutes by car, so I was able to walk enough, but walking around in the early morning with a heavy backpack on the roadIt was the same as "Day me, shake it off".
A bus terminal with port views.In fact, it is a water taxi terminal that goes back and forth to Kikkoker Island rather than a bus terminal.
Tickets have no booths and are sold at places like these.(I can't remember the price; ㅈㅅ)
So we ran and ran again to the village on the lake, Flores.
I came to see the hostel separately, but I went to the hotel recommended by the travel agent on the traveler bus.It was right in front of the travel agency and stayed in a triple room with a bathroom.There is also a large terrace in the hallway, and the lake of Flores I looked at was really pretty.
I went out to unpack and go to a large mart outside the island.
The first Guatemalan food I hungry on my way to.I ate this food very often for the first time.All the food there is similar.
The sunset seen from the bridge across the lake is pretty.
Mart arrived after walking about 30 minutes.I am very worried about what fruit to look for.It's an inn without breakfast, so I buy food for breakfast and buy water.
Mi amor = my love.On the first day, I was exhausted from the long journey and simply returned to the hostel and fell asleep after watching two films from Shinsegae and a top secret investigation.
Episode 1
When we come to Flores, a travel agent with us drops us off at the hotel and starts business.Since our next itinerary was Semukchampei, we tried to make a reservation through this travel agency.
Flores-Semuem Champei Transportation + Semuem Champei An Hostel 2 nights accommodation +Semuem Champei-Antigua TransportationThe total was called 600Q at first.It's the first day of arrival in Guatemala, and there's no concept of Quetzal yet, but like anywhere else, there's no stupid traveler paying for it for the first time.He said we hated it and asked him to keep cutting. Of course, the next comment "I'll make it cheaper for you only."And sing 450 kechal.Seeing that I cut 150 kechal at a time, I thought I could cut more.I asked them to keep shaving without putting down their backpacks, so I sang a bulge instead of a bulgeEventually, they cut to 350 kechal.No more, but he said that we would go to your travel agency tomorrow morning without making a reservation right now because of something that was still going on.Then, the staff at this travel agency cursed him all the way in Spanish, but he blah blah blah~I don't speak Spanish, but what do you do because you understand the curse?I cut it to 330 kechal.
Okay call!!!!
But it turns out...Flores-Semuem Champey: 95 Quetzal****Semukchampei El protal Hostel 40 kechal per night x 2 nights: 80 kechal****Semuem Champey-Antigua: 95 Quetzal
Originally, it is 270 kechal per person............ I bought it for 60 bucks expensive, but I expected it to some extent, and thanks to our tenacity, I was comforted that it was overpriced.If it was the first 600 kechal... Ugh... I think I would have exploded.
I decided to get up late and watch Flores. Looks like a model, Woohyun.
Welcome to Flores Island.
It was so hot that I went into a cafe and ordered an iced coffee, but it looks pretty and the taste is not dirty.
Eventually, he returned to the hostel and watched the sunset setting on the terrace.At this time, I had a beer while listening to Korean songs, which was one of the best moments.
The last weeks of diarrhea.
Dinner ate a street food on the central hill.I don't know if it's tortillas or tacos, but it's really delicious, with a lot more than the first day.Highly recommended!!
Just climb up the hill all the way up.
It was quite tiring due to the long move and the backroom with the travel agent, but the first village, the first feeling of Guatemala, was passed.