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Yikes Ray! Glad to hear you made it out of there safely…
I’m surprised given the choice between a spin bike or an upright stationary bike that you chose the stationary bike. I know spin bikes have no computers on them but I’ll take one of those over an upright bike when I travel any day of the week. They just feel more like riding a bike to me.
I hope you got hazard pay for that job!
That really is too bad you couldn’t get out of GC and hit some of the surrounding areas. I spent two weeks in Antigua a while back – beautiful!
A good place to go back to near Guatemala that is much safer is Belize..specifically Ambergris Caye. I think you’d fit in well there – lots of scuba diving, water taxis and bling’d out golf carts as the main method of transportation on the island ;)
dude… you wouldn’t even catch me on a plane like that, much less to a country like that. You’re braver than I thought ;-)
Wow. I will definitely have to reconsider putting Guatemala on my list of possible honeymoon locations!
Can I just tell you how INSANELY jealous I am of all your recent travels? It must be nice!
Also, I can’t wait to hear your final review of the Timex Global Trainer. I’m looking at purchasing either that one or the Garmin Forerunner 305 and it’s probably going to be your reviews that sway me one way or the other.
he spent 48 hours more or less in a hotel or airport and ate tourist food and overpriced “local” food…that is not “travel” but nearly anyones definition…
I spoke to my father about your other post on Mexico City. He’s Mexican. He told me that generally kid nappers don’t touch foreigners down there because for one, even if they did kidnap you they wouldn’t know who to call, or communicate with you, and second the favorite victims are those that come from well known wealthy families which have patterns, like going to the market every week at a certain time. Any way, I’m not sure how much weight to give me fathers take on the situation, but I wanted to know what you think.
Two hours on a stationary bike with no fan. Nuts.
That’s too bad that you weren’t able to really get outside. My parents lived in GC for a year when I was in university…late 90s. I had a chance to visit once and it was definitely a beautiful place. Back then you had to be worried about being on the roads to the ruins as it started to get dark, otherwise that was mostly it.
By the way, loved your story about them closing the road to cars in MC for a few hours on Sunday for cyclists and runners. Awesome!
Sorry to hear about your impressions. I have been living in NC, but originally from Guatemala and have started following your blog for a couple of months.
You are correct, the country has become very dangerous, even for local people and it is sad, like LittleRachet stated, Antigua is beautiful and we have some other places that are magnificent.
The war against drugs in Mexico has actually pushed back some cartels from MX into Guatemala and other Central American countries, and we need a government that can clean that up.
Hopefully we will be able to get this done, like Colombia did and by that time, I will encourage you to go back and see some of the great things Guatemala has to offer.
In the meantime, keep writing as for us newbies your work is really appreciated
Wow, glad to hear you safely got your training in.
Hi man,
reading this about Guatemala City I am quite surprised. I spent there 4 years working in the city, left home to Europe last year and although it’s not as safe as in other parts of the world also it’s not that bad. During a day I walked on the streets without any problem, of course without carrying visibly cell phone, camera etc. I ran 4-5 times a week, even at night around the streets, no problem. We were travelling around the country a lot with our small kids, without any armed gorillas, no problem. Even the local people tend to exaggerate, they use cars (the richer ones) all the time, and they are brainwashed by the media day after day about how dangerous is the country. So, with some precautions (you can’t go everywhere, shantytowns are to be avoided) you can circulate without being robbed or attacked. And I am not sort of a brave man and was not the only one who was doing the same. So for the next time you get there.
Cheers!
Hi there, I have never read any article of your trips, but I am from Guatemala and I live here, and this article , in my opinion, is not necessarily the truth we live here everyday. I know it is dangerous, but as in all other countries in the world, there are dangerous areas and some that are perfectly safe. I drive every day to the city to go to the university and I have never been damaged by all the things you said. Also, it’s true that carrying a cellphone visible is dangerous, but if you are driving, you never have to take it out anyways. Some people use bodyguards too, but those are the realy wealthy ones, and I know that in the US the wealthy people use security too (I have been three times in the US). So what I can recomend is that you should explore more the places you go and know better the people before you write your reviews.
I find it somewhat funny that the last two comments both say it’s perfectly safe…just don’t show a cell phone anywhere.
Sorry folks, but that’s not perfectly safe. And no, I’m not aware of anywhere in the US that requires security, or for that matter, anywhere in Europe either.
Not hating on Guatemala, but one has to be realistic about ones security conditions in order to strive to fix them. If you aren’t, then tourists won’t come.
Just because you are not aware of secruity issues and requirements in the usa does not make it so….try going to many places in detroit or LA or even SOME places in “nicer” cities like boston or miami and see how safe you feel. The usa is not nearly as safe as people think, just look at all the cop killings and school shootings. Funny how some americans think they can come to a country for 48 hours or some other short amount of time and make tons of ignorant, blanket statements when there are so many issues in the “paradise” known as the usa, so just go back to the usa and leave guatemala and other countries to people who actually want to travel, for real, and actually learn and know about the world beyond some touristy hotel and overpriced tourist food. If people can not locate guatemala on a map, which is quite easy, they should try to brush up on basic geography skills like it is as easy as finding new zealand or france, lol.