Flying to Guatemala! Pre-Flight Talk

in travel •  7 years ago 

The day has finally come for me to take off for beautiful volcanic Guatemala! I am so excited to share my experiences with all of you here in this wonderful community. In today's post I will go over my itinerary and what to expect from my daily travel blogs.

What I will be doing today while you are 'Steemin'... is travelling from Toronto to Mexico and then Finally arriving in Guatemala. See my video below on my thoughts before departing.

Itinerary

As you may know, I am Canadian and living in currently cold Toronto. This morning we will be first heading to Mexico city as there are no direct flights to Guatemala.

Wait... what? No direct flights?? Where is this remote place?

I was surprised that there where no direct flights from Toronto as we are a major airport and usually have flights to every country. Well this adventure just got that much more interesting!

After a comfortable 5.5 hour flight and 2 hour lay over (just enough time to get some Mexican cuisine), we will be off to Guatemala!

Where I will be in Guatemala

The main airport where all major international flights come into, is Guatemala City, the capital of the country. It is not the safest city...especially for a gringo like myself, so most travelers head straight to Antigua. Which is exactly what we will be doing. 😆

This is typically about an hour drive so we should make it to our hotel just after dinner time. I will make sure to show you all the exciting things I see along the way.

We will be in Antigua for about 5 days and then we had to Lake Atitlan..the most beautiful lake in the WORLD! Lots of exciting stuff will be happening in both cities and of course will be venturing out of them whenever possible. I will make sure to make it memorable for us all!

The last couple days of our trip we may stay in Guatemala city or Antigua. Will make the call when down there...to spice things up. 😜

Got the Excitement Jitters

Firstly, I cannot wait to start posting my own beautiful unique pictures of Guatemala. I will be daring to make sure I get the best shots I can! We will be hiking up one of there active volcanoes, so that will definitely be a great highlight. I am a very adventurous person so I got you all covered!

As mentioned before, this country is predominantly Spanish speaking and I know about 10 words. So that should make things interesting for us.😂 As long as I can get my meals in, all will be great!!

I don't want to spoil the whole trip so I will leave it at that. Thank you all for your kind comments and support. This community is really building on me and I am so grateful to be apart of it. Love you all!

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This is exciting! Hope you guys have a blast and we will be living through you through your posts! 🌴

Thanks @mjakobczak!

Off to a great start!

What a blast you re going to have. Thanks for letting us live vicariously through you. Just don't stop with the daily updates till you get back home or we'll be worried - :)

be safe and

Have fun!

Haha I will do my best to post daily here still. Hard to stay away. Thanks so much for your kind words @jorlauski!!

Thanks for sharing such a beautiful post about your travel, I have to know lot more about your country and your beautiful journey. Best Wishes from India.

have a great time there and upload many pictures for us!! Also you can find apps that translate directly from English to Spanish and vice versa just by listening to the voices or just show them some money and the thing you want and everybody will understand :P!

Finally and idea for a post would be to make a review of the flight agency !

I got google translate and it’s pretty awesome. Much needed as I found out last night, lol. I will get lots of photos for you all of course.. :)

Will do some reviews... that’s a good idea. Thanks my friend!!

Thank you for sharing your journey with your friends out here in Steemit land. Will be looking for your posts every single day.

Spending you the energy Angel of Safe Travel.

Thanks so much @donnab! :)

thank you for giving us your experience
I am quite happy to read it
thank you

Glad you enjoyed it!

Yes
Thank you admin

Hahahahahahah! I love the way you wrote wait! I can almost imagine your mouth saying that: Lolzzzzz;-

Wait... what? No direct flights?? Where is this remote place?

Mexican cuisine huh? Wow! Salivating over here Sweetheart; Smiles:-

just enough time to get some Mexican cuisine

Excited already! Looking forward to that;-

I will make sure to show you all the exciting things I see along the way.

Hahahahah! Definitely sweetheart, it is going to pan out well. We definitely will be looking out to reading more updates as your journey progresses. Keep steeming Sweetheart;-

As mentioned before, this country is predominantly Spanish speaking and I know about 10 words. So that should make things interesting for us.😂 As long as I can get my meals in, all will be great!!

Thanks @efelexy! Glad you enjoyed it... stay tuned. :)

Nice post. Beautiful pictures. Have a nice trip to Mexico.

Thanks so much @thedawn

As a fellow Canadian, in Ottawa I feel your pain this crazy winter!! I used to live in TO and I remember it being mild in the winters....have the best time in Guatemala with you and yours!! Such an epic place.
Safe travels <3

Ya great to get away. Thanks my friend!!

wowww a fun trip

Yeah!!

Nice

Thanks @tufi

Thanks for sharing this post.
Have as much as you can.

Thank you!

Enjoy your trip!!
I will follow you on the travel with special attention! :)

I’ll hold you to that now! Lol thanks!

Ahah I can't wait! :)

Guatemala is really a nice place to be. I love sight seeing also when i travel. Wishing you a safe trip and have fun

Thank you!

I have liked this post and previous post about guatemala. I found many intereseting information. thanks

lucky you ! is she your gf? you both look good togather

Yes and thank you!

you are welcome :)

Its a nice journy obviously, thnx for your post, we can know about this topic

i really enjoy your story..
I just joined this platfom please see my first story post in steemit

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Excellent writing skill. Enjoy and fun. Keep sharing.

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