Antigua is probably the most beautiful city I have ever seen. It is 7 streets wide from east to west, and 9 streets long from north to south. Its streets are all cobblestone and its buildings are all extremely old. To the south is the volcano Agua (water), and to the west is the volcano fuego (fire). Fuego is active and you can routinely see plumes of smoke coming out the top of it. On a clear night from a good vantage point, you're supposed to be able to see a river of lava flowing down Fuego's side. There's another volcano nearby which we might be able to climb before we leave in two weeks. I've been told when you climb this third volcano, you can walk right next to the lava at the top. I have many posts to make in the next few days, including photos from the poor communities outside Antigua where we'll be doing roof repair, La Escuela Integrada(a free school run by Christians for Guatemalan children), The Jeremiah Project(an afterschool-style refuge for Guatemalan children who have to work to support their family and cannot regularly attend school), the volcanos and several more. For now, here are some more streets from downtown Antigua and the surrounding countryside.
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