Destination: Guatemala

arco de santa catalina

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 | By lvinagre | Views [262]

arco de santa catalina, la antigua, guatemala

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Photos: Rio Dulce, FLores, Tikal

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 | By kymp76 | Photo Gallery

Rio Dulce, Flores and Tikal, Guatemala 1607-1807

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 | By kymp76 | Views [2259]

This country is so diverse, how to fit three totally different areas in two days!! Rio Dulce...staying in huts over the river of Rio Dulce. Swimming in the pool and the river, drinking cheap as cocktails and listening to howler monkeys..howl.  Then taking ... Read more >

Photos: Chichi and antigua

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 | By kymp76 | Photo Gallery

Chichinecatenango and antigua, Guatemala 1407-16/07

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 | By kymp76 | Views [448]

Panahechel is on a lake front, down in a valley.  THe road out of this town in long and windy.  Unfortunately with all the rain we had, the main road out was blocked by landslides.  So we took the longer way out.  Managed to get to Chichinecastengo which ... Read more >

Panajechel, Guatamala 12/7 -14/7

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 | By kymp76 | Views [655] | Comments [1]

VOLCaNOES SURROUNDING a MASSIVE FLAT AND BEAUTIFUL LAKE (Lake Atitlan), RAINS, MIST CLOUDS, STUNNING LOCATIONS AND VIEWS, MISTY AND MORE MIST.  lOVELY FRIENDLY PEOPLE. We visited a few small villages that are established on the lake (Santa Cararina) ... Read more >

Photos: Panaje al

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 | By kymp76 | Photo Gallery

Day 20

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 | By nelsjohnson | Views [426] | Video

Sanitation...security...service The 3 S's Guatemala needs to become a tourist draw like Costa Rica, according to ex-pat Jim, our host today at Atitlan Adventures.  We splurged and did their 3 hour horseback ride up Atitlan Volcano, followed by the ... Read more >

Flickr Photostream

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 | By nelsjohnson | Views [430]

(The iTouch and Flickr don´t allow direct embedding, so hit link below to view our iTouch photos) http://www.flickr.com/photos/gringotenango/

Day 19 Erik Diving at San Marcos (30 ft)

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 | By nelsjohnson | Views [484] | Video

Today we discovered this 30' diving platform outside of San Marcos, eclipsing yesterday's best day ever and putting to rest any notions of traveller's relativity.   Nice swimming, too, and the closest thing to clean water in Atitlan. Paul and I took ... Read more >

Day 18

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 | By nelsjohnson | Views [334]

Today we overpaid a guide ($40!) to hike 8km from Jaibalito to San Marcos, walking through mud and repeatedly quick ascents and descents, carrying barely enough money for a lunchtime drink for everybody to deny the robbers the satisfaction, walking ... Read more >

Day 18 (Dena)

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 | By nelsjohnson | Views [483] | Video

The rain finally stopped!! We've been getting a little stir crazy having to stay indoors, but when we saw a sliver of blue sky this morning we set out on a hike. We went back to Casa del Mundo to hire a guide. We'd read that the trail we wanted to do ... Read more >

Week 15: Xela

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 | By alpiner84 | Views [2842]

After debating whether or not to go to Xela, I drove here last week from San Pedro on a beautiful, clear, sunny morning. The skies were blue, the volcanoes green, and the pavement black. Not a bad combination. The road leading up out of San Pedro was ... Read more >

Day 17 (Paul)

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 | By nelsjohnson | Views [480] | Video

Today me (Paul) and the family went to a nature reserve. It was a beautiful rainforest. The fun part, though was all of the ziplines we went on. They were about 300 feet each and about 600 feet high. The beginning of the first one was so scary but ... Read more >

Day 17 (Erik)

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 | By nelsjohnson | Views [539] | Video

This is Erik again. We arrived at our new apartment a couple of days ago, and all of us really like it. Everyone speaks English, throughout the 6 rooms of tenants, and the yard is an oasis. Peacocks roam the grounds, and so many fruits are edible that ... Read more >