has the great Antigua City Bus Tour folded? I, for one, thought that it was a great idea: take a tour of the best that Antigua had to offer, from the comfort and convenience of a new bus, with a bilingual driver and see sides of town from a different perspective…maybe it was too expensive…I’m waiting to see what impact the SegWay people have…if it’s anything like the non-impact of Soomoon Scooter’s,they’re be shortlived..
Antigua has morphed into a down-market group of bus riders who come for the safety and the cheap ice cream. That, and the proliferation of ‘quiz night’s, now at three different locations…one will die a slow death, the other’s remain to be seen)or not). It’s that time of the season for the religious groups to come spread their gospel…matching t*shirts, earnest expressions of good will and at least one disparate nationality amongst them….that and the 14 Mormons who arrived this week…O Save Guatemala!
Culture has taken a back seat here: Frank’s Galeria de Arte leads the parade, Panza Verde makes their lame attempts but for all attempts and purposes, it’s jade, jade and jade…led by the various tour leaders to these emporiums of same-o same carvings..
It used to be, not so far long ago, that City folk could come here and find something different..clothing, bags, jewelry….those days are gone, the stores are moribund and the salespeople bored…want ice cream? got that? want an indifferent meal? got that? pizza seems to be the highest level of creativy on the menu and god knows every place on the steet offers some…’gourmet?…right…the bars are fighting for market share and there’s too many so support half of them…just like the restaurants, half empty….I have no suggestions, just observations, as I take another flyer this morning from yet another restaurant and note another ‘For Rent’ sign hee and fhere, Antigua has become boring there’s no sizzle left..Did the demise of upper 5th Avenida cause this? Has 6th Calle brought any of this back? boring….not even the backers has brought any sunshine($$) it’s all albout cheap ice cream and babies..-
Our Man in Antigua 
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