Guatemala City Is Big, Dirty, and Dangerous?—Don’t Miss It!

For most travelers in Central America, Guatemala City is little more than a pit stop: the cheapest airport to fly into; a regional base to restock supplies; the most convenient bus terminal to Antigua, the lakes and several Mayan ruins scattered through the jungle-land beyond.It remains notorious as an international murder capital, with limited tourist infrastructure and little accessible cultural life, and as a place where the gulf between rich and poor is gapingly apparent: sprawling hill-side…