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Fri, 30 Mar 2007 | By alyssa_schwartz | Views [1190] | Comments [3]
I am officially in love with Guatemala. I guess I had to come to the lake to figure this out so I´m very glad we made the trip. After departing Antigua Trish and I had a few lovely hours on a shuttle bus viewing Guatemala´s highland region. Here the ... Read more >
Tags: Markets
Mon, 26 Mar 2007 | By alyssa_schwartz | Views [3702] | Comments [5]
It´s been pretty hectic these past few days but I have free internet at this hostel so I figured I should take advantage. I´ll go back a few days to run through everything that has happened in Guatemala so far... Our stay in Flores was brief but it ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Wed, 21 Mar 2007 | By alyssa_schwartz | Views [1785] | Comments [1]
It has been a lovely past few days spent at Caye Caulker, an island about 20 miles outside of Belize City. After leaving Orange Walk on Monday morning (with what felt like the entire population of the town on the bus with us) we were happily on our way ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Thu, 15 Mar 2007 | By w4michael | Views [726]
March–April 2007 Started by flying into Guatemala City via Atlanta (mid-afternoon) and took a minivan ($10) directly to Antigua (1 hour). Easily found a hotel (tons of hotels, just walk around for a bit to check a few out). $9 per night got me a room ... Read more >
Wed, 28 Feb 2007 | By pen-eddie | Views [1808]
Roatan, an island 50km off the coast of Honduras in the Carribean, and the destination for a weeks worth of sleeping, eating and snorkelling. To get to the island we had to make for La Ceiba where we would catch a ferry to the island. In our ignorance, ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 | By pen-eddie | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 27 Feb 2007 | By pen-eddie | Views [1770]
The only way to get to Livingstone is by boat down the Rio Dulce river. From Flores we got a bust tp Rio Dulce, where we got a lancha to take us down river to the fairly small village of Livingstone, on the small section of Carribean coast which is ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 | By pen-eddie | Views [1818]
The primary reason for our visit to Flores, was to take a day trip to the ruins of Tikal. To us it was just a bonus that the village of Flores was so nice. It is a little penninula which just into Lake Peten Itza and which is connected to the mailand ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 | By pen-eddie | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 27 Feb 2007 | By pen-eddie | Views [1758] | Comments [1]
We had a bit of an adventure getting to Flores, the place from which we planned to visit the ruins of Tikal in Guatemala´s north. When we were in Antigua, we booked ourselves a bus ticket from Antigua to Flores, we later realised that we would need to ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
Tue, 13 Feb 2007 | By ghostofkrystenpast | Views [902]
So I made a last minute decision to climb another volcano. A bigger volcano. Acatenango to be exact, the one with two peaks. All I can really say about it was that it was 11 of the most excruciating and simultaneously most amazing hours of my life.... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Sun, 11 Feb 2007 | By pen-eddie | Views [2003] | Comments [5]
For the past few days, we have been chilling out on the shores of Lake Atitlan. The lake is formed in a Calderra (collapsed volcanic cone)and it covers 128 sq/km and reaches depths of more the 320m. As we hit the top of the volcanic rim, we looked ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Sun, 11 Feb 2007 | By pen-eddie | Views [1526]
On Thursdays and Sundays the town of Chichicastenango comes alive - it hosts one of the largest indigenous markets in Guatemala. We decided to do a day trip there for the Sunday Markets. Chichi is in the Guatemalan Highlands, and the bus ride was simply ... Read more >
Tags: Markets
Fri, 9 Feb 2007 | By ghostofkrystenpast | Views [685]
I went to the lake this weekend, and it was nice. That sums it up pretty good actually, but I suppose that if I were to try and get more specific I could say that (almost) the whole group of us headed for Santiago on the shores of Lake Atitlan ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
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