Antigua

Antigua is the top destination in Guatemala.  It's the type of place where people wear all sorts of jewelry and even though it's 21 degrees they wear sweaters and scarves with pants, and cameras and have cameras dangling full view off their necks.  Basically, they are doing everything that Donny Don't does, because they are in a third world country and blissfully unaware.  Ok, so I had low expectations for this place before we got here, but then we got here and I then I really didn't like it.  Now this was partly from the crappy room we had last night that simultaneously broke records for the most we paid, most child unfriendly garden area - those cement ledges on the walkways look great at night, but try leaving a one year old unattended for more than two seconds - and the most mould.  We weren't even sure if there was mould in the room or not....at that level.   

We pride ourselves on getting by for as little as possible.  What would you do in this situation - insert a question mark that I can't figure out on this spanish keyboard- probably not what we did.  We went to the even better and MORE expensive places to find something the next morning.  The shi-shi spots with receptionists who are better dressed and smell nicer than us.  Quiero mirar, quiero mirar and quiero mirar and you start to figure out what the going rate is.  Sure, there's loads of greying tourists who look like they got lost on their package tour to Santa Fe who are busily spending their pensions, so there is a demand for these spots, but there is such an hotel overkill and it's October and it's not even Hallowe'en.  And we have the power of Shane.

We are now comfortable in an historic hotel that Logan thinks is a church.  We are actually paying LESS.  I will detail the costs of this country later when I explain all the reasons to retire in Guatemala.

In summary:
I found that the UNESCO designation as historic city was well deserved and that the sights and attractions have definitely quenched our architectural thirst.