13th November 2012 - Could this be just like leaving for NZ?

A bright and early start and we headed off to Heathrow. I know it was rush hour but the roads were even busier than usual, all the way the radio traffic reports were saying that the roads were busier than normal and I could see a New Zealand type experience coming on when I really only did just make it in time. 

Of course it wouldn’t be so bad if we actually left at the time we decide to rather than what usually happens is me doing last minute things like getting up and having breakfast and all of a sudden were leaving half hour later than we’re supposed to, and in all honesty I never seem to leave masses of time in the first place to get there.

Anyway get there we did and thank goodness it seems I might have bagged a row to myself, now that would be fabulous cause if there is something I don’t like about travel it’s the travel. Unless it’s a comfy seat and there’s plenty of leg room, good food, seatback entertainment and wine why on earth would anyone enjoy sitting on a plane for 16 hours?? But this time I was lucky a row to myself and seatback entertainment.....oh the little things. :-)

My first stop in Guatemala is Antigua, apparently Guatemala City isn’t a very nice or particularly a very safe place so I didn’t actually see any hardship in missing it out. Antigua on the other hand is Guatemala’s showpiece and was the former capital before it moved to Guatemala City after too many devastating earthquakes, mmmm!

I arrived in Antigua at midnight and for the first night I have a ‘deluxe’ room which involves a view of the volcano. For the next night though I have to move. I hope this isn’t going to be the way it is through the rest of the trip, I normally move around a lot and for once I’d just really like to stay in one place for a few days.