- 24 ~ North Shore News - Sunday. April 23, 2000

Guatemaia’s

colonial jewel

The fanguage schools of Antigua

Andrew Renton on.

Contributing Writer A fixed-price minibus for the balf
hour tip from) the airport’ in

BEING from the Northern Guatemala City avoided the problem

climes and seeking a more of negotiat Sth the hordes of taxi

cerebral alternative to lying drivers held at bay like vultures at the

“orn starting gate.

ona sun~soaked beach sip My fellow passenger Karl was a

ping pina coladas and worry- footloose East German with a pinched

ing about skin cancer, ! undernourished face and long dank

fought the driving rain and hair. We were happy to be dropped at

headed to the Guatemalan a hotel of the driver's choosing. It was
t : : midnight.
Consuiate to inquire about After a healthy breakfast of muesli,

the language schools of fresh fruit and yogurt across the street
Antigua. in a °60s-style restaurant, I set off into
The pretty receptionist handing me the sunshine clutching a short list of :
brochures was almost brought to tears academies gleaned fromthe more than Say cen A a : tS : oe
Photo Andrew Renton

as she described a colonial jewel filled thirty available.
ANTIGUA’S economy is built on the Spanish schools and the international students who attend them.

with romance, flowers, and a climate
of eternal spring. Five days later I was See Trading page 25.“ Fine restaurants and a lively night life provide a happy blend of a Latin culture with a Western influence...

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