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Wed, 24 Apr 2013 | By coggos | Views [2231]
Semana Santa - Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras revisited.
It was a culture shock to return to Cancun after 3.5 weeks in Cuba but lovely to see Tamara before she returned to Australia. Finally went to the beach which is really an amazing ... Read more >
Tags: antigua, cenotes, chichen itza, guatemala, honduras, merida, mexico, semana santa, vallodolid
Sun, 21 Apr 2013 | By coggos | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By karinas_extraordinary_life | Views [507] | Scholarship Entry
I challenge you to find a more beautiful and exciting Christmas tradition anywhere. What I just observed is unrivaled by any city in any country in the world! Perched up high above the city lights I witnessed the heavens come to life. When 4 million ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013
Mon, 25 Mar 2013 | By emsussman | Views [508]
Casa Aleluya updates:
I have grown absolutely in love with the children and staff at Casa. I don’t know how I am going to be able to leave them! I have become friends with the women who work there and am in love with every ... Read more >
Mon, 25 Mar 2013 | By emsussman | Views [1044]
I have gotten lazy with writing so I have way too much to catch up on! I’m going to do one blog entry to write about the rest of the trips I have taken and I separate one to write about the last few weeks of my time in Antigua and at my orphanage.... Read more >
Mon, 4 Mar 2013 | By linsthompson2 | Views [472] | Comments [2]
Hello to anyone who is still checking my blog! I have been so bad about updating but time seems to just get away from me here. . .
I took a week off of school to visit beautiful Lake Atitlan with some friends. I feel like I´ve traveled to a ... Read more >
Wed, 27 Feb 2013 | By emsussman | Views [465]
Flores, Tikal, Rio Dulce, Livingston
A couple of weekends ago I finally made the long trip to northern Guatemala to see the Mayan ruins at Tikal. It was incredible! I went with two of my roommates, Dave and Noah, and there ... Read more >
Tue, 19 Feb 2013 | By emsussman | Views [519]
It’s been a little while since I have written anything so bear with me as I go through the last two weekends and the previous week as briefly as possible…
The morning after I got back from the lake I woke up with a horrible ... Read more >
Thu, 14 Feb 2013 | By coggos | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 14 Feb 2013 | By coggos | Views [1851]
Guatemala
After our family time in Mexico, we head south into our next country, Guatemala. The border crossing is a hassle. Local men wanting to change money at dodgy exchange rates, confusion with the exit fees out of Mexico. Do we pay ... Read more >
Tags: antigua, copan de ruinas, flores, guatemala, rio dulce, san pedro, semuc champey, xela
Sat, 2 Feb 2013 | By emsussman | Views [565] | Comments [1]
Lake Atitlan and Chichicastenango
Thursday night before we left for the lake we went out for my friend Josey’s birthday. Friday morning, we were exhausted and a few of us were struggling. I spent 10 minutes looking ... Read more >
Wed, 30 Jan 2013 | By emsussman | Views [423]
Iximche, Chocolate Museum, Lake Atitlan, and, of course, Casa Aleluya
Interesting things from this week at the orphanage:
I found out a really awful story about one of the young girls, Fernanda, from the orphanage. ... Read more >
Wed, 23 Jan 2013 | By linsthompson2 | Views [546] | Comments [1]
I have yet another adventure to share without the aid of pictures. Yikes! I failed to recharge my camera battery this time. So once again I´ll have to ask you all to use your imaginations, or at least google Chicabal to see an actual image.... Read more >
Tue, 22 Jan 2013 | By emsussman | Views [538]
I am settling in very well in my second week in Antigua and finally getting comfortable with my schedule. Monday morning I started back with my volunteer work at Casa Aleluya. It was very different because all of the children 5 years and ... Read more >
Thu, 17 Jan 2013 | By linsthompson2 | Views [522]
As I was climbing up the highest peak in Central America in the dark hour before sunrise I thought to myself, "What am I doing here? This is nothing but pain!" But then I reached the top and all I could see were clouds, the tops of volcanoes, and several ... Read more >
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A diversion we couldn't have expected – an 8:30am visit to a Phnom Penh bar to watch, on big screen TV, Ive's alma mater Crimson Tide take the BCS National Championship – complete with Bloody Marys, the first Crystal hot sauce we have seen since leaving the States, and some traditional “Roll Tide Roll” paraphernalia (Ive had to bring that part!). We were joined by an upbeat Social Worker from Dothan, Alabama -- and a guy from Texas who became more and more sullen as the morning unfolded.
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