Chicken Bus from San Salvador, El Salvador to Antigua, Guatemala
After Boca Del Toro, Panama, I bused back to San Jose where I had a flight to El Salvador. I stayed in El Salvador only one night on the night I reached and took a bus the next day to Guatemala.
I had decided to take the chicken buses that the local people take rather than direct tourist buses.. from San Salvador, El Salvador to Antigua, Guatemala. Chicken buses are just old recycled US School buses.. called chicken buses koz the locals carry their chickens in it as well. Each chicken bus is individually painted in bright colors and basically each is it's own individual piece of art by itself.. rather than the dull looking yellow school buses they used to be.
I travelled by 6 buses and 1 tuk tuk and reached Antigua after 8 hours.. for only about $7.. compared to if I took a direct tourist bus, it'd have costed me about $35 and maybe 6 hours.. But money was not the issue.. it was a great adventure travelling by the chicken buses and mingling with locals and eating the local food the numerous vendors come to sell you while on the bus.. The buses are kind of crammed and not much space for legs etc.. but still worth the trip.. as they say.. "When in Rome, do like the Romans.. and when in Guatemala, do like the Guatemalans.. " :)
- Bus 1 : from my hostel (Ximena's guesthouse) to Terminal de Occidente - $0.25
- Bus 2 : San Salvador to Ahuachapan - $1.25 (2 hours)
- Bus 3 : From Ahuachapan to Las Chinama (Frontera) - $0.55 (1 hour)
- Tuk Tuk 1 : Tuk-Tuk from El Salvador Frontera to Guatemala Frontera - $0.25
- Bus 4 : From Valle Nuevo (Border) to guatemala City - 25 Quetzal (3 hours)
- Bus 5 : from Terminal to other terminal to go to Antigua - 2 Quetzal ($0.25)
- Bus 6 : from Guatemala City to Antigua 12 Quetzal ($1) (1 hour)
