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Other culinary options closer to the center of town include
La Rotonda
(11 Calle, op-
posite Rutas Orientales, tel. 7943-2038, 7 A.M.-10 P.M. daily), where the pleasant circular
dining area is arranged under a large awning. The menu includes pizza ($10 for a large
pie), pasta, and burgers. Breakfasts ($2-4) are also quite good.
La Hacienda
(corner of 2a
Avenida and 10a Calle, 8 A.M.-10 P.M.) is your best bet for grilled steaks, chicken, and
seafood with prices in the $10-20 range. The perennial favorite with Guatemalans is
Pollo
Campero,
just off 2a Avenida southwest of the park, where you can get your fried-chicken
fix.
Communications
Thepostofficeisabitfarfromthetowncenter(about10blocksnorth)at6aAvenida2-15.
Telguaisonthecornerof5aAvenidaand9aCallewithplentyofcard-operatedtelephones.
For Internet, try
Global.com
on 3a Avenida across from Banco Internacional.
Money
Banco Industrial (3a Avenida and 9a Calle) has a Visa ATM and can change dollars and
cash travelers checks. Banco G&T Continental, across the street, will change money and
cash travelers checks. Banco Internacional (3a Avenida 8-87 Zona 1) has a Visa ATM and
is the local American Express agent.
The most comfortable bus service is via
Rutas Orientales
(11 Calle and 1a Avenida), with
servicetoGuatemalaCityeveryhalfhour.MinibusesfortheHonduranborderpostatAgua
Caliente ($2) leave from across the street every half hour 6 A.M.-5 P.M. Taxis also leave
from here. Minibuses to the Salvadoran border at Anguiatú ($2) and Chiquimula ($1.50)
leave from an area farther east along 11 Calle, near the market, with similar frequency. If
travelingtoCopánviatheElFloridoborderpost,you'llhavetotakeaminibustoChiquim-
ula and then connect onward.
The Mayan site of Copán, just 13 kilometers across the border in Honduras, features some
of the Mayan world's greatest artistic treasures, including numerous stelae and a hiero-
glyphic stairway that is the longest known Mayan inscription. Whereas Tikal has been
likened to the Manhattan of Mayan cities for its grand scale and a population once thought
