After getting back to Antigua We bummed around for a couple hours before taking a shuttle to Panajachel on the way to San Pedro la Laguna on the shores of Lake Atitlan- reputably one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. It's in the crater of an extinct volcano and is surrounded by other volcanos. We stayed the night in Pana at a Guatemalan-born-Japanese-family hotel, splurging slightly on an actual hotel rather than backpackers. No baths involved ...

Onwards! Eventually after a day of travelling we arrived into Guatemala City around 7pm. The hostel we were staying at had free airport pickup before 8pm and as luck had it it took us about half an hour to get through immigration and customs, grab our luggage and get out. The shuttle wasn't there but there were a s***load of taxi and other shuttle drivers offering to take us either into Guatemala City or to Antigua about 45km away. As we were juuuuussst abo...