2024 travel,  Travel

Guatemala 11/5-17/2024

Day 1 11/5/2024

I cannot believe it but I started out at work.  Well, I can believe it, do not want to waste vacation time when I only get 2 weeks to start off.  Made it home about 1 pm and we were out the door on the way to Seattle at 1:45. We parked the Audi at the normal AJAX parking lot, they have been easy and great shuttle service for the last few years.  At the airport we had to go through the extra passport step but, no hiccups whatsoever.  Honestly, my major concern was flight grounding due to the election.  I have a cousin in LA where our layover was and I messaged her just in case.  Not that she could do anything, just a warning that we might be coming to hang out for a week. But we made it through! Food at LAX sucked, I slept all the way to Guatemala City (La Aurora International Airport).

Day 2 11/6/2024

As we were landing the pilot mentioned that we might see Volcan De Fuego erupting out the right-hand side, of course we were on the left hand, this is my Irish luck.  As we were landing, we did see some volcanos but nothing that was erupting.  Coming into Guatemala City seeing the infrastructure shocked me, I had the “what did I get myself into” feeling.  I know that Ross had an idea of how poor this country was, I was not prepared.  Customs was a breeze getting off the plane, Ross exchanged some dollars for quetzales, we got our bags, and off to meet our bird guide!  Joseu De Leon with Guatemala Birding Adventures met us right outside and we were off! First stop was Restaurante Ricon Suizo.  More about the first day bird adventure here:

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