Latin America Travel
What makes Guatemala so popular with backpackers is that it is good value. Done usually as part of a bigger trip perhaps the finale after travel through mexico or as the first leg in a central american trip the fact that it is usually expensive to fly internationally into Guatemala City makes it an expensive destination to do by itself. You would be able to spend a whole month in Guatemala alone and not get bored.
Antigua is the pretty upper class part of Guatemala.
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