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My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 | By mollyhowell | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

I went to Guatemala on a mission trip and it was the most rewarding experience in my life. The children in the village captured my heart and I never wanted to leave. The people in the village we went to were so beautiful, and so was their way of life.... Read more >
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Photos: Guatemala

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 | By kalamina | Photo Gallery

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Landslides

Fri, 1 Oct 2010 | By kalamina | Views [435]

Hi everyone, this is just a quick blog to let everyone know that although there are landslides here at the moment we are both fine. Right now we are still in Panajachel and are meant to leave tomorrow morning, but I don´t think we will be going anywhere ... Read more >

The Lady with the Shawl

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 | By kalamina | Views [997] | Comments [1]

It has been a couple of weeks since I've blogged, so sorry about that. We haven't really doing any exciting travel so I though that I'd just combine the last 2 weeks in one blog. The lab work has finally come to an end and we are now at the feast in ... Read more >

The Feast of Trumpets

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 | By kalamina | Views [769] | Comments [1]

Our adventure in Guatemala City began with me wanting to accompany April on her Holy Day quest to find the service of the Feast of Trumpets here in Guatemala City. "The Feast of Trumpets introduces the autumn festivals—representing the culmination ... Read more >

Back to work...

Wed, 8 Sep 2010 | By kalamina | Views [470]

Semuc Champey was amazing!!! First of all we got to ride in the back of a pick-up truck to the caves, which was a lot of fun considering the road was bearly wide enough for 1 car let alone when you had to pass someone else. Then we had to traverse a waterfall ... Read more >

The longest week of my life...

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 | By kalamina | Views [756] | Comments [1]

After the tiring day of travel and trapsing around the ruins of Copán, Saturday was spent relaxing and doing absolutly nothing! It was great, we bearly left the hotel room all day. This was probably a good thing as we had booked a shuttle for 6am the ... Read more >

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 | By timmannle | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

It was my first trip to Guatemala and lake Atitlan. I remember the long drive from Antigua to the lake. Everything I saw along the way filled my head with thoughts of how such a beautiful country and people struggle with such an ugly reality. While ... Read more >
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Sickness, Spanish, and saying goodbye

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 | By kalamina | Views [546] | Comments [1]

Wednesday was not a good day for me...I think I may have gotten food poisoning on Tuesday night, so I was down for the count on Wednesday not even able to get out of bed. It was the worst feeling as you could probably imagine if you have ever had food ... Read more >

Volcan San Pedro

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 | By kalamina | Views [567] | Comments [1]

One week down and one more to go in San Pedro and Spanish school. Its amazing how quickly we are learning Spanish, i was beginning to think that my brain had absorbed all it ws ever going to...the words are finally sinking in. Spanish is actually a really ... Read more >

First week in San Pedro - Esceula de Español

Sun, 8 Aug 2010 | By kalamina | Views [538]

All I have to say is that San Pedro is amazing!! It is so nice to wake up every day to a beautiful view, knowing that you get to spend the morning learning Spanish and waste away the afternoon drinking licuados and trying to do Spanish homework while ... Read more >