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Tue, 27 Feb 2007 | By pen-eddie | Views [1713] | 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 [845]
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 [1928] | 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 [1472]
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 [647]
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
Tue, 6 Feb 2007 | By pen-eddie | Views [2148] | Comments [7]
Volcano Pacaya is an active volcano that is about 1.5 hours drive from Antigua, and for US$7 you get to go on a guided walk to the top. To us, this is an offer too good to refuse, so on Friday 2/02 Pete and I left Antigua for the 7 hour sunset tour ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Tue, 6 Feb 2007 | By pen-eddie | Views [564]
Seems that Antigua has run out of Quetsales (local currency!), so while Pete is in one of the queues to try and get some form of cash - I thought that I would take the chance to get some of my thoughts about Antigua and Guatemala up here! We arrived ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Mon, 5 Feb 2007 | By pen-eddie | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 4 Feb 2007 | By pen-eddie | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 29 Jan 2007 | By ghostofkrystenpast | Views [751]
I´m not really sure that that title has anything to do with this entry, except maybe for the fact that I´m not sure that this entry is actually going anywhere. Basically I´m bored and have nothing better to do than sit here and ramble for a little while.... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Tue, 16 Jan 2007 | By ghostofkrystenpast | Views [636]
“Please, please, please just check my bed for scorpions,” I knew I was asking for a reason. My first night in Monterrico was not off to a great start. I had Emilie check my bed for me before I got into it; the first thing she did was lift ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Thu, 11 Jan 2007 | By ghostofkrystenpast | Photo Gallery
climbing volcan pacaya
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Wed, 10 Jan 2007 | By ghostofkrystenpast | Views [1222] | Video
It was Monday afternoon that I forked over the cash (around $6 US) at the Barco travel agency for my bus ride and a guide to volcan Pacaya. I decided long before getting here, that climbing Pacaya would be something I had to do. I’d basically been looking ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Sun, 7 Jan 2007 | By ghostofkrystenpast | Views [1032] | Comments [3]
It all started last night when I got home from the bar and turned on the light in my room to find a gi-normous black bug scurrying across the floor. Obviously I found this to be quite disturbing and did not want to sleep with that thing in my room. ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
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