29 diciembre 2015
Non so se ho già colto qual'é il segreto dello spostarsi da una città all'altra in Guatemala, di sicuro gli orari di partenza sono molto variabili, e non bisogna agitarsi se alle 9.30 il minibus che doveva passare a prenderti all'hotel alle 9 non é ancora passato. In realtà questa mattina é addirittura passato alle 10, era il suo secondo giorno di lavoro e non essendo di Antigua nn conosceva molto bene le strade e dovendo prendere 12 persone l'ora di ritardo direi che é più che accettabile...hehe. Il metodo più rapido e sicuro di spostarsi sono appunto questi minibus collettivi organizzati da agenzie di viaggio che coprono la maggior parte dei tragitti turistici del paese. E la cosa strana é che a seconda di chi si chiede informazioni sulle connessioni si hanno risposte diverse: per la travel agency di Antigua per la mia prossima meta sarei dovuta tornare lì dormire una notte ad Antigua e partire solo l'indomani; per il proprietario hippy dell'hotel dove dormo stanotte, muoversi l'1 gennaio, ma anche il 2, ma forse muoversi in generale in Guatemala é caotico...insomma, diciamo che ero un po' scoraggiata questo pomeriggio, e stavo cercando di riprogrammare un po' il giro in base ai trasporti disponibili. Appena però faccio due passi nel paesino di San Marcos La Laguna, scopro che é pieno di "agenzie di viaggio" che organizzano tutti i tragitti possibili ed immaginabili, insomma basta chiedere. Così, più tranquilla, vado a fare un giro nel micro-paesino turistico, cercando di cogliere il misticismo che attrarre molti stranieri, e che però fatico a trovare.
[ENG] I don't know if I've found out the secret of travelling around Guatemala, one thing that I know for sure is that the departure time is not fixed, and there's no need to panic if at 9.30 am the minibus that should have picked you up at 9 am is not yet there. For real this morning my minibus passed at 10 am, the driver was at his second day of work and he was still a little bit lost with the streets of Antigua, and having to pick up 12 persons only one hour delay is fairly acceptable...hehe. The safest and easiest way to travel are these collective minibuses, organized by "travel agencies" and able to cover all the mains ways around the country. The weird thing is that depending on whom you ask information about the connection, you will receive a different answer: for the "travel agency" in Antigua, to go from Atitlan Lake to Lanquin I should have spent one night in Antigua, for the hippy owner of the hostel at Atitlan Lake travelling the 1st January is chaotic, but the 2nd too, and maybe travel around Guatemala is chaotic...therefore I was quite demoralized this afternoon, and I was trying to reorganize my roundtrip depending on the buses. But as soon as I give a walk in the small village of San Marcos La Laguna, I see that it is full of "travel agencies" offering all the travels and connections that you need, so I have only to ask! More relaxed I had a walk in the touristic small village, trying to grab the mysticism that attract so many foreigners, even if I hardly found it.
[ENG] I don't know if I've found out the secret of travelling around Guatemala, one thing that I know for sure is that the departure time is not fixed, and there's no need to panic if at 9.30 am the minibus that should have picked you up at 9 am is not yet there. For real this morning my minibus passed at 10 am, the driver was at his second day of work and he was still a little bit lost with the streets of Antigua, and having to pick up 12 persons only one hour delay is fairly acceptable...hehe. The safest and easiest way to travel are these collective minibuses, organized by "travel agencies" and able to cover all the mains ways around the country. The weird thing is that depending on whom you ask information about the connection, you will receive a different answer: for the "travel agency" in Antigua, to go from Atitlan Lake to Lanquin I should have spent one night in Antigua, for the hippy owner of the hostel at Atitlan Lake travelling the 1st January is chaotic, but the 2nd too, and maybe travel around Guatemala is chaotic...therefore I was quite demoralized this afternoon, and I was trying to reorganize my roundtrip depending on the buses. But as soon as I give a walk in the small village of San Marcos La Laguna, I see that it is full of "travel agencies" offering all the travels and connections that you need, so I have only to ask! More relaxed I had a walk in the touristic small village, trying to grab the mysticism that attract so many foreigners, even if I hardly found it.
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