Guatemala city
The first thing that catches the eye in the capital - an incredible number of huge billboards. The air, so the winner is the one who have wide printer.
No time for the eyes to get used to the abundance of shields, as you begin to pay attention to the excess posts. Where should one post, then stuck five.
The fact that the posts are private. So the phone company can't hang your wire on the pole electric company. And the lack of companies with wires in it.
The same can be said about street payphones. Guatemalans are not anti-choice. Therefore, to meet lonely payphone extremely difficult.
But the mailbox seems to be one of the entire city. Standing at the hotel, entertains foreigners. All other people use post office.
Traffic lights are not remarkable.
Caught only one interesting in the old part of the city - its deployed at 90 degrees to place under the canopy.
The old city is beautiful, but not very safe.
Meet absolutely amazing artifacts.
Bus stop very open (hot still), but almost always separated from the roadway.
The last thing I expected to meet in Guatemala city speed nitrosamines buses that famous Brazilian city of Curitiba.
Meaning that passengers pay at the bus stop, not in the bus, thus saving a lot of time. Stop specially built ramp, and the doors of the buses on the height. From the sidewalk don't you stop by.
For some reason police officers standing at every stop, not allowed to shoot. It would seem to brag about it.
Antigua Guatemala
Small colonial completely surrendered to the tourist town. Something reminiscent of the style of the other colonial Spanish town of La Lagoon in the Canaries.
Even the weeds on the roofs similar to the Canary.
Fences, lawns covered in thorns, so that they did not sit down (in Monrovia).
Local features there is a corner window.
And Baroque style complex folds in window openings.
Antiguan urn in profile resembles a pram from Soviet cartoons.
Here is preserved the old mailboxes, which, of course, a long time do not work.
Tiled road sign "stop" reconcile modernity with masanotti.
Special art form - the Guatemalan splint (retablos).
In a large fashion pictures "fruit market on top".
Flores
Small decorative town with small decorative hydrants.
The only local landmark meters under the transparent cover.
Tikal
Guatemala got a little ancient Mayan buildings.
Some of them have not yet been excavated by archaeologists and not restored.
Part of the excavated and restored. Guatemalans practice various rituals and perform sacrifices. Therefore, before the ancient pyramids are quite modern altars - they are local pilgrims on purpose. The link between generations there is not violated.
The main transport in Tikal travel scooter "tuk-tuk".
Author:
Artemy Lebedev
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