![]() ![]() My wife and I kept the negociations jovial, speaking only amiably, and responding to outragous prices with laughs: “Eres loco, Senor, eso es muy caro, te damus ochenta quetzales por dos pasajeros.”Ī clean faced young man finally walked up to the crowd of drivers that had surrounded us and took our offer. I knew of such a place only one more hour away in Antigua. We just wanted to make a “home” somewhere. I did not really want to do this - my seven month old baby, wife, and myself had been going for nearly 22 hours since we began traveling from the Dominican Republic. One driver said $15 for both my wife and I, I said no, we will only pay $5 each to Antigua or take the bus into Guatemala City for one quetzale and transfer to a local bus for half the price that I was offering the minibus drivers to take me to Antigua. I continued arguing, laughing, smiling, and ribbing my way down to a good price - my price. ![]() The drivers laughed and told me that the price was now more than double the amount that I was offering. Chaya and I said that we would pay 40 Quetzales ($5) for the ride from the Guatemala City airport to Antigua - this was the price the last time I was here. ![]()
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