Gringos in Antigua, Guatemala

Almost from the time we walked out through the Guatemala City (GC) airport doors, we felt as though our journey had come full circle and we were back somewhere in Asia. Far from the organised streets, polite citizens and manicured gardens of Naples, GC is busy, roads are chaotic, and potentially dangerous. For this reason we decided not to stay in GC but instead headed directly to the ‘old...
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Naples to Fort Lauderdale via the Florida Keys

Hire car really is the most convenient and cost-effective way for us to get around the States, so we booked another car with Alamo which would have us dropping off the car at the Fort Lauderdale Airport in two days’ time ahead of our flight to Guatemala City.   Andrea took David to Naples Airport to pick up the car and he came back driving a sleek black compact-size Chrysler. Having...
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