Most travelers try to spend as little time as possible in "Guate" (it is perceived as polluted, chaotic, and unsafe) - as everyone in the city calls it - and use the original Spanish capital of Antigua as a base. This sprawling and in some parts quite modern city, situated precariously underneath volcanoes, on seismic fault lines, and over ravines and mountains, is home to 2.5 million inhabitants.
Tout cela laisse l'impression de quelque chose de mystérieux et peut-être étrange à propos de cette autre Amérique centrale quelconque capital.