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Jutiapa

Municipality in Guatemala

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Overview

Jutiapa is a city in eastern Guatemala.

Getting there and around

Getting there

There are direct buses to Jutiapa from Guatemala City.

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Getting around

By bus
There are buses that take crowds to farther areas of the town, but your best bet is to hitch a ride, or hail a tuc-tuc

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Airports and nearby hotels

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La Aurora International Airport

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Itineraries

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Nature & adventure

Guatemala national parks

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Culture & history

Indigenous cultures of North America

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Culture & history

Maya civilization

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Get inThere are direct buses to Jutiapa from Guatemala City.

Get aroundTraveling here, from town to town is relatively easy, but while road signs may be posted, and rules do apply, most locals note that if you want to successfully get around the city, you have to drive as if there were no…

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WorkMost that live in Guatemala, possess some type of skill or trade that they learn either in high school, or from a mentor, which becomes their area of specialty.

BuyOn just about every street is a small "tienda" (store) that caters to the surrounding neighbors, and carries the items that you "just ran out of", or need in case of emergency.

EatIf you are staying with a family, a budget meal would be a simple, traditional, hand-cooked meal. Usually Tortillas, Juice or Soda, a kind of soup with meat, or beef/chicken, rice, and/or black beans.

SleepThere is at least one hotel in or around each city.

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Photo: Daniel chavez castro, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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