I plan on flying into Guat City soon, and will take a cab to Antigua. How safe is it for a woman to take a cab alone at night though the countryside around GC? I understand the ride is about 40 minutes long.
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mojoguate
Should be fine. There's also shuttles that do the same trip. Try to hook up with someone on the flight and share the ride. I've met and traveled on with quite a few folks in the same manner. My brother and I even met up with a top notch Central American lawyer this way!!
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aloysius
You don't say what time of night, nor which night of the week. So I'll assume about 9pm and other than a Saturday night. So from the airport to Antigua by taxi, yeah, about 45 minutes to your doorstep. The going rate is now about $30, slightly less in quetzales. You might find someone in the immigration line to share a cab. Ask around. Maybe ask on the plane. Or you might join someone who has a reserved car or van. If you join you will likely be expected to pay the driver something, maybe $10. That's just the way the system works. There may be taxi touts right outside the airport. There is no need whatsoever to tip them. The first part of the journey is a major highway (the Pan American Highway that runs from Panama to Alaska), and it will be pretty busy even at night. The second part is good clean highway without any traffic congestion. Though I consider it to be well within the realm of safe enough, I'm a guy, so I'll defer to the women on here to comment on that.
Buen viaje!
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ana12
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Is 9pm on a Saturday night bad? That's about when I'll be leaving the airport for Antigua!
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nyc_girl_115
Safety in numbers (anywhere - even in NYC!). Try to hook up with another traveller to share the cab with. Or take a shuttle. Shuttles are about $10 - takes about the same amount of time.
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aloysius
No, a taxi on a Saturday night is not bad. May be more traffic on the highway, as city people head to Antigua for dinner, or in the case of the young crowd to drink and dance. There used to be a charge to enter Antigua on a Saturday night, to discourage the young crowd from coming. Don't know if they still do that or not. Ask around on the plane if anyone is going on to Antigua, and can you share their ride. The drivers of hired vehicles usually expect to be paid for additional passengers.
Buen viaje!
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cagaleurospring
note - 1/2 the respondees are men.
i'm a female & i wouldn't. probably alot of traffic on sat. nite in GC. if you use the minivans w/others fine.
i came in on a sun. 7am & it was bliss 0 GC traffic, btw i did travel by myself to antigua from CG but done it before, broad daylight, etc...if the male driver would have vered/pulled off the highway at any point [not to antigua] i woulda known it.
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lucyswd102
I'd really like to hear more about this supposed charge for entering Antigua and how exactly they enforced that. I lived there for several years and never heard anything about that.
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patywolf
I am female and I travel alone alot. I have come in at the Ahora airport at all hours and I have traveled to Antigua by private van, shuttle van and taxie and I am still alive. This next trip I will arrive at 6:15 am but I imagine I will as usual get to where I am going okay. To see Guatemala see my website wolfcalls.com
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