Antigua Continued

Day 1 and a half

That night after wondering the city with my buddy James, got back to the hostel and the place was packed. On the top floor is the bar which overlooks down. Cheap drinks and lots of good people. Met up with the group I found the night before and got things going. This time two more Aussies joined the group. Similar surf trip itinerary I am doing but they were going from South to North. Anyways, you find Aussies to party with and you know its gonna be an out of control night.

We partied at the hostel until midnight and headed out. The way it works in this town is the bars close at 1 am but then the other after party bars open up and don't really close. We all headed there. By the time we got there, the place was packed. Full of Guatemalan girls and fellow travelers. Super fun! Pretty standard move of mine when abroad, I instantly lost everyone from bouncing around talking to new people. This resulted in me on my own like a dumb-ass. I looked at the clock and it was 5:30 or something. Some absurd hour of the night. Problem is, I still didn't understand the city and knew from the get go I was about to get lost...and lost I did. I walked out the front door and didn't know whether to go left or right. I was screwed. I ended up walking around the city for an hour or so lost out of my mind. Not stressing at all, as I knew I would find the hostel, but frustrating because I didn't mentally map out the city in my brain before we left.

Saw an upcoming cop car heading my direction and thought I was about to get robbed. They pulled over and interrogated me. All in Spanish, so I knew nothing of what they were saying. Luckily, I had a copy of my passport and gave that to them. They searched me top to bottom looking for drugs. Pulled out all of my money in my wallet and even searching in there for drugs. All which, I had none, so that helped me. They put my money back in my wallet. I tried asking them where my hostel was and they wouldn't help, or better yet just didn't know what I was saying. After chatting for a bit we parted ways. No harm no foul. Literally a block away was my hostel! Got in and went to bed. Great night, even though the cops were actually doing there jobs and didn't take my money for the hell of it. This city is pretty safe. Don't worry mom, they do this to most travelers at this time of hour.