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GUATEMALA | Sat, 3 Oct 2009 | By joealotto13 | Views [57] | Comments [3]
I stayed in a village called Al Remate about thrirty minutes outside Tikal. I stayed as close as possible because the park opened at 6 am and I wanted to be one of the first ones there. I managed to walk into the park at 6.10 and I was the first on ... Read more >
Tags: tikal, guatemala, mayan ruins
GUATEMALA | Thu, 1 Oct 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [126] | Comments [2]
Flores to Punta Gorda 26/8/09 - 6/9/09 545 km
What kind of sound does a howler monkey make?... It’s 4am and we awoke to the sound of howler monkeys singing in chorus through the canopy of the jungle at the ruins of Tikal. It was a call ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, belize, cycling, caribbean sea, tikal
GUATEMALA | Tue, 29 Sep 2009 | By scholarships | Views [289]
Enrique Nunez Mussa of Santiago, Chile and winner of
our 2009 Podcast Scholarship visits “Phoenix School” run by volunteers in the
Mayan community of San Andres de Itzapa, Guatemala. Set against a backdrop of hills, volcanoes
and crowing ... Read more >
Tags: podcast, scholarship, guatemala, maya, san andres de itzapa
GUATEMALA | Tue, 25 Aug 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [323] | Comments [4]
9/8/09 - 20/8/09 Xela to Flores 445 km Well we did it, we finally left Xela after a few previous attempts to do so. It had been one of those places where no matter what you try to do, you may never leave. What started as a few weeks of Spanish ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, cycling, highlands, caves
GUATEMALA | Mon, 3 Aug 2009 | By joealotto13 | Views [81]
Finally, I got to climb an active volcano. The last one I tried to climb had Mai Mai rebels living on it. This one was free of rebels and corrupt officials. One of the most interesting landscapes once I got to the top. Incredibly strong wind that ... Read more >
Tags: volcano, pacaya, guatemala, antigua, live volcano, lava
GUATEMALA | Mon, 3 Aug 2009 | By joealotto13 | Views [92] | Comments [1]
Volcan Santa Maria is an extinct volcano located just next to Xela, where i´m studying spanish. I did a day hike with a bunch of the school where I´m studying spanish one saturday. It was pretty uneventful and a pretty easy hike but it was a nice view ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, santa maria, volcano
GUATEMALA | Tue, 7 Jul 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [344]
Xela to Lago de Atitlan, our overland trekking adventure. Rina and Lior our fearless guides from Quetzaltrekkers, led us over the mountains, past a highland town called 'Alaska', through cloud forests, past highland villages, past treacherous landslides, ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, volcanoes, trekking, colonial towns
GUATEMALA | Sun, 5 Jul 2009 | By scholarships | Views [416]
Enrique Nunez Musa, our 2009 Podcast Scholarship winner recently returned from a GVI run volunteer project in Guatemala where he built an energy saving stove for a local Mayan family, taught at the local school and fell in love with Antigua. Enrique ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, antigua, scholarship, volunteering, gvi
SPAIN | Sun, 15 Feb 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [645] | Video
Location: Antigua, Guatemala and Seville, Spain. Seville’s carrera oficial (official route) begins on Calle Campana, follows Calle Sierpes to Plaza de San Francisco and then joins Avenida de la Constitución to the cathedral. Dates: Easter week ... Read more >
Tags: holy week, easter, semana santa, antigua, guatemala, seville, world festivals
WORLDWIDE | Wed, 11 Feb 2009 | By scholarships | Views [13465] | Comments [25]
- APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED FOR PODCAST - TRAVEL VIDEO DOCUMENTARY SCHOLARSHIP WorldNomads.com will send one exceptional individual on assignment to volunteer on a GVI run project near Antigua in Guatemala. The Indigenous Maya ... Read more >
Tags: scholarship, podcast documentary, guatemala, antigua
GUATEMALA | Mon, 17 Nov 2008 | By worldfestivals | Views [99] | Video
Location: Guatemala City and Antigua, Guatemala Dates: 7 December Level of Participation: 2 – you’ll be watching, unless you fancy throwing out some rubbish Description: If you want some good ... Read more >
Tags: quema del diablo, world festivals, guatemala
GUATEMALA | Sat, 15 Nov 2008 | By worldfestivals | Views [59]
Location: Town plaza, Chichicastenango, Guatemala Dates: 13-21 December Level of Participation: 3 – enjoy the fair and fireworks and watch others risk a limb on the flying pole Description: The ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, world festivals, feast of st. thomas
GUATEMALA | Thu, 6 Nov 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Views [167]
From Panajachel we jumped, staying in Guatemala, to Antigua [The old capital]. It is the old capital because it keeps on having earthquakes. You build an amazing cathedral, it lasts 200 years before its shaken to rubble, you think its a one off, so you ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala
GUATEMALA | Tue, 4 Nov 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Views [224] | Comments [2]
Another day trip - just Nicola and I signed up for the trip from Panajachel, so the guide brought his family with him - his wife and 5 kids. All very nice and very well behaved. I am not going to write much because we have so many photos and they tell ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala
GUATEMALA | Tue, 4 Nov 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Views [169]
Firslty - shout going out to my Nanny - Hello Beryl - I have just found out she can have a look at this blog when she pops round to Uncle Roger and Auntie Anne's house. Hello to you all - I wasnt sure how internet friendly Nanny was so there is a postcard ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala
GUATEMALA | Tue, 4 Nov 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Views [182] | Comments [1]
I was right to be concerned about getting in to Guatemala - not because of the border crossing itself - there is no information, but following other people and a bit of ear-wigging it became quite clear, but because of the logisitics issues on either ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala
GUATEMALA | Thu, 19 Jun 2008 | By ma_and_pa | Views [112]
Amy, Turgay, Chris, Pa’ and myself headed out early in the morning on a small boat from Livingston up the Rio Dulce (Sweet River) to a town that bears the same name. The banks of this scenic river are dotted with fishing villages and individual houses ... Read more >
Tags: rio dulce, guatemala, world tour, world travel
GUATEMALA | Sun, 15 Jun 2008 | By andi | Views [154]
Bis zu meinem Flug nach Peru ende Juli wo ich Lisi treffe hab ich 5 Wochen Zeit also gehts ab nach Guatemala. Ich schreib mich bei einer Volunteer Organisation in einem kleinem Dorf am See ein und setz mich in Costa Rica um 3h frueh in einen Bus Richtung ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, volunteer
GUATEMALA | Wed, 11 Jun 2008 | By ma_and_pa | Views [111]
We left Lanquin early in the morning heading off to Flores with a tourist minibus. We stopped briefly in Copan where Turgay and Amy found what they said was excellent banana bread. As we continued on the eight hour journey we came to a river at Sayaxche.... Read more >
Tags: tikal, flores, guatemala
GUATEMALA | Fri, 30 May 2008 | By ma_and_pa | Views [125]
t We all arrived in Guatemala on May 18th into Guatemala City and headed straight to the town of Antigua about 40 minutes from the airport. We will be staying with a family in Antigua while Amy and Turgay take Spanish lessons in the morning and explore ... Read more >
Tags: anigua, guatemala, volcano, pacaya, chocotenago
GUATEMALA | Thu, 28 Feb 2002 | By solbeam | Views [498] | Comments [1]
Sipicate is a black sand beach on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala. Surf
is what my Guatemalan friends revolve their lives around. Last
weekend, we kicked it in beach cabins for a two-day surf competition
where the boys took 1st in the Boogie Board ... Read more >
Tags: beaches & sunshine, sipicate, black sand, guatemala
GUATEMALA | Tue, 26 Feb 2002 | By solbeam | Views [522]
-- As of 26, February 2002 -- # of Months on the Road = 11 # of Suspicious Skin Infections in 11 Mos. = 3 # of Digital Cameras Donated to the Guatemalan Black Market = 3 # of Persons reported in a Kidnapping for Ransom in the City Yesterday = 3 $$$ ... Read more >
Tags: solbeam, the stats, statistics, guatemala
GUATEMALA | Tue, 19 Feb 2002 | By solbeam | Views [1647] | Comments [1]
In
Portland, Oregon, when given a piece of white construction paper and
finger paints, children will blob and smudge paintings of snow-capped
mountains topped with whipped-cream clouds and sprinkled with pine
trees. In San Diego, California, kids ... Read more >
Tags: mountains, volcano, guatemala
GUATEMALA | Sun, 17 Feb 2002 | By solbeam | Views [383]
*turns her pant pockets inside out and shakes the sand out of them* I'm
back from my three-day-date with a hammock on the black sand beaches of
Monterico. It's amazing how exhasting being lazy can be! In any case, I
have a monster blog in the works ... Read more >
Tags: mountains, hammock, monterico, guatemala
GUATEMALA | Tue, 12 Feb 2002 | By solbeam | Views [499]
So today we celebrate Carnival in
Guatemala. *looks around* No parades, beads or frats of raving boys
with video cameras in sight (thank God!)...but then again, we Americans
always love to add our own, um...flavor? to the traditions
we've...um.... Read more >
Tags: festivals, carnival, guatemala
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