Destination: Guatemala

Gallery: Nebaj to Todos Santos

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 | By amil_patel | Photo Gallery

Saving the planet (well, a forest in Guatemala)

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 | By amil_patel | Views [990] | Comments [1]

I started my voluntary work in Xela about 3 weeks ago which was pretty easy to find. A couple of people I know decided it would be a good idea to promise to replace a forest that got infected with some kind of disease. Instead of saying we would plant ... Read more >

Tags: volunteer work

Guatemala - Week 13

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 | By hellie_and_bracey | Views [917]

Week 13 starts on Sun 14th December with us first in line for the inclusive breakfast at the Yellow House Hostel in Antigua. We had a full day of shopping and general travel admin planned so needed the fortification. We also found fortification in ... Read more >

Gallery: Guatemala

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 | By hellie_and_bracey | Photo Gallery

Dal Chiapas al Guatemala

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 | By auaround | Views [1018] | Comments [5]

Ci eravamo salutati a Oaxaca e ci ritroviamo a San Pedro La Laguna sul lago Atitlan. I nostri ultimi giorni messicanni li abbiamo trascorsi in Chiapas a San Cristobal de Las Casas, dove ci siamo dedicati per   una settimana allo studio dello spagnolo ... Read more >

Tags: on the road

Gallery: Reforestation Project

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 | By amil_patel | Photo Gallery

Guatemala - Week 12

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 | By hellie_and_bracey | Views [920]

Our Sunday morning lie-in was rudely truncated on 7th Dec by the sounds of firecrackers and music coming from the streets of Antigua. I should just mention at this point that noises such as these are by no means unusual in Central America. Almost everywhere ... Read more >

Why going to Guatemalan football matches isn´t as rubbish as you might first think...

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 | By amil_patel | Views [784]

I´ve taken to going to Guatemalan football matches recently. It´s the exciting part of the season with the top six teams in the league playing a knock out cup competition to determine who will be champions. Most of my Guatemalan mates are football mad ... Read more >

Tags: football

Daytrips from Xela over the past few weeks

Tue, 2 Dec 2008 | By amil_patel | Views [1712] | Comments [1]

I´ve been on a number of daytrips to villages/volcanos/hot springs around Xela while I´ve been studing Spanish during the daytime. Laguna de Chicabal A couple of weekends ago we went up to the Laguna Chicabal which is a lake formed in the crater ... Read more >

Tags: day trips

Gallery: Trips around Xela

Tue, 2 Dec 2008 | By amil_patel | Photo Gallery

Trek up Volcan Santa Maria

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 | By amil_patel | Views [4267]

We went for a trek up Volcan Santa Maria the other with my Spanish school in Xela. Santa Maria is a volcano with an altitude of 3768m above see level at the top and it was definitely one of the most impressive hikes that I´ve done. Santa Maria itself ... Read more >

Tags: trekking

Gallery: Volcan Santa Maria

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 | By amil_patel | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Random photos

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 | By amil_patel | Photo Gallery

The border crossing debacle

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 | By amil_patel | Views [2563] | Comments [2]

Crossing borders is always a bit and miss in latin america. However, even by previous standards going from Mexico into Guatemala was interesting to say the least. As I don´t have any guidebooks with me for Mexico and Guatemala this crossing had high ... Read more >

Tags: border crossings

Gallery: Oaxaca

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 | By amil_patel | Photo Gallery