Guatemala: Antigua

So, I think on Sunday we went to Antigua. It was like decided as the most beautiful place on earth (by whoever decides those type of things) and I'm gonna have to agree that it was absolutely amazing! :) Mostly we just walked around and saw everything and of course did a little shopping ! There isn't much explanation and a picture is worth a thousand words...

Guatemala: La Capital and the Temple

We went to la capital and went shopping in Mercado Central. That's where I bought a lot of my stuff including a Guatemalan barbie, cool bags, tons of bracelets, and even a Guatemalan chess set I gave to my brother! We also went back to the Catholic church, because we hadn't been in it very long before, and we also wanted to go in this other part that you had to pay to get in. It was such a pretty place! We also went to la Capital again, but this time with Alex and Derick. We spent a little more time there. We also got a chance to do most of our shopping at Mercado Central, which was probably one of my favorite parts. I even bought a Guatemalan barbie there! :D After that we went to the Guatemala City temple, which was beautiful! We even saw some missionaries there, so we took the chance of someone taking a picture of our whole group...anywhere else, someone would have stolen our cameras. I can't remember if this day was Sunday or not, but on Sunday we went to a sacrament meeting in a church and we got to see the church that my mom went to before and then we also got to see the church where my grandma first felt the spirit, which later caused for her to be baptized. So cool. :)

Guatemala: Cemetary and Atitlan

On Friday, we started our sightseeing. We went to a Guatemalan cemetary, which was very cool. The coffins were put in like tomb things and it was all way colorful and beautiful in a way. Of course, it felt a tiny bit creepy too...

We next went to Lake Atitlan, which was such a beautiful place with amazing scenery. Before going by the lake, we ate "brunch" at this nice restaurant with delicious food! This is the only picture I have from the place. There was an avocado tree outside of it and Alex was trying to jump up and get one. No such luck, though. :(

As we were driving through the streets of Atitlan, there were two super adorable little girls just standing there. My mom took this picture, and when they realized she was taking photos, they got a huge smile on their faces. They were sooooo cute!!!!

There were so many of these taxi things in Guatemala. They were called "Tuk-Tuks" I think? It was so funny, because in this particular picture, there were a lot of them and they were fighting eachother as they drove, bumping into eachother and kinda racing. It was so funny! I wish I could have ridden in one.

And then we got to Lake Atitlan, which was absolutely breathtaking....