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CA Travels Day 18 – Bavarian Touch

Posted by Dave Hill | Filed under general

The only ATM in Livingstone was broken, and we didn’t have enough cash to pay the hostel tab.  This meant somebody had to take a boat to the nearest town, Puerto Barrios, to bring back enough cash to leave Livingston.  The night before we’d tossed a coin to see who’d do it.  Heads for me and Claire, tails for Anna and Annie.  It came up tails and I was glad I didn’t have to be up at 6am for the finance mission.

Tuk-Tuk!

It was strange to be setting off for Antigua for the final leg of the trip, we stayed in Antigua for a few days because it’s close to Guatemala City, where we’ll fly home from.  The bus to Antigua was the most comfortable I’ve ever witnessed.  Big leather reclining chairs, leg rests, onboard films and for some reason the drivers wear a pilot’s uniform.  A far cry from the chicken buses where I once spent half an hour with an arse in my face.

We took a Tuk-Tuk to a place for dinner.  It was a moped with a little carraige, and fitting four people in made things a little cosier than is comfortable, especially around the bumpy cobbled streets of Antigua.  The restaurant was a German one, so it was a bit of a cultural mish-mash.  I had currywurst and a few maß of beer, that is, a litre stein at a time.  I was quite up for having a few more drinks after we left, but the bars all close early so me and Claire bought beers fomr a newsagent type of shop and had them in our hostel room.