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Sat, 13 Dec 2008 | By hellie_and_bracey | Views [844]
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 >
Fri, 12 Dec 2008 | By amil_patel | Views [677]
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 >
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Tue, 2 Dec 2008 | By amil_patel | Views [1623] | 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 >
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Tue, 2 Dec 2008 | By amil_patel | Photo Gallery
Photos from various excursions around Xela
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Tue, 25 Nov 2008 | By amil_patel | Views [4159]
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 >
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Mon, 24 Nov 2008 | By amil_patel | Photo Gallery
photos from the hike up volcan santa maria
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Sat, 15 Nov 2008 | By amil_patel | Photo Gallery
A few random photos that I´ve taken but don´t warrant being in a gallery
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Sat, 15 Nov 2008 | By amil_patel | Views [2402] | 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 >
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Fri, 14 Nov 2008 | By amil_patel | Photo Gallery
Photos from Oaxaca and trip to Monte Alban
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Thu, 6 Nov 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Views [749]
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 >
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Tue, 4 Nov 2008 | By amil_patel | Views [603]
I thought it best to provide a brief outline of what I´ll be doing over the next 8 months to warrant a blog and also provide some pointers as to what you can expect from it. I´ve basically got 8 months off work to learn Spanish, do a bit of travelling ... Read more >
Tue, 4 Nov 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Views [728] | 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 >
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Tue, 4 Nov 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Views [592]
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 >
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Tue, 4 Nov 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Views [724] | 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 >
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Sat, 1 Nov 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Photo Gallery
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