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Fri, 23 Dec 2005 | By solbeam | Views [4009]
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“Oh my gosh, this one’s so little!” I put the slide rule down and, with two careful fingers, lift the little creature up. His width, as measured exactly to be 2.0 centimeters, is small enough ... Read more >
Tags: Animals
Mon, 7 Nov 2005 | By solbeam | Views [1728]
Sometime in the last few months I picked up a new personal meal-prompted ritual. And it only slightly (and admittedly irrationally) bothers me that onlookers might presume I’m Christian (which I, although a fan of Jesus “the pilgrim,” am not) when I ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Tue, 25 Oct 2005 | By willlou | Views [1033]
Last week we left Antigua to spend a week or so in Honduras. We visited the Mayan ruins at Copan and had planned to head to the coast to stay on the Bay Islands. We had to cancel this trip as Hurricane Wilma brewed up and the coast was put on Hurricane ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Wed, 19 Oct 2005 | By solbeam | Views [1208] | Comments [1]
Like a child who has witnessed a tragedy beyond their vocabulary of comprehension, my mouth has been closed in silent surrender of the search for fitting words that don’t exist. For who am I to speak? In every country I travel to, and with every firsthand ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Tue, 11 Oct 2005 | By willlou | Views [831]
We have spent the last week in beautiful Antigua which has been little affected by the destruction wrought by Tropical Storm Stan in large parts of Guatemala. The death toll for the country is now over 600, with tens of thousands of homes washed away ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Wed, 5 Oct 2005 | By willlou | Views [1467]
We are writing this from Antigua in Guatemala where we are experiencing Tropical Storm Stan. This storm is far to the north of us in Mexico but it has meant that we have had three days of heavy rain which is beginning to effect the country. A bridge has ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Tue, 30 Nov 2004 | By solbeam | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 11 Jan 2004 | By matt_bianco | Views [605]
Well - it has only been a week, but we have done so much that it seems so much longer. After leaving Cancun (couldn't get out of there quick enough), we took a bus to Mérida - took about 4 hours and was an executive one (reclining seats, TV, the ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
Thu, 28 Feb 2002 | By solbeam | Views [3076] | Comments [2]
Sipicate is a black sand beach on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala. Surf
is what my Guatemalan friends revolve their lives around. Last
weekend, we kicked it in beach cabins for a two-day surf competition
where the boys took 1st in the Boogie Board ... Read more >
Tags: beaches & sunshine, black sand, guatemala, sipicate
Tue, 26 Feb 2002 | By solbeam | Views [1190]
-- As of 26, February 2002 -- # of Months on the Road = 11 # of Suspicious Skin Infections in 11 Mos. = 3 # of Digital Cameras Donated to the Guatemalan Black Market = 3 # of Persons reported in a Kidnapping for Ransom in the City Yesterday = 3 $$$ ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, solbeam, statistics, the stats
Tue, 19 Feb 2002 | By solbeam | Views [3333] | Comments [1]
In
Portland, Oregon, when given a piece of white construction paper and
finger paints, children will blob and smudge paintings of snow-capped
mountains topped with whipped-cream clouds and sprinkled with pine
trees. In San Diego, California, kids ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, mountains, volcano
Sun, 17 Feb 2002 | By solbeam | Views [998]
*turns her pant pockets inside out and shakes the sand out of them* I'm
back from my three-day-date with a hammock on the black sand beaches of
Monterico. It's amazing how exhasting being lazy can be! In any case, I
have a monster blog in the works ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, hammock, monterico, mountains
Tue, 12 Feb 2002 | By solbeam | Views [1952]
So today we celebrate Carnival in
Guatemala. *looks around* No parades, beads or frats of raving boys
with video cameras in sight (thank God!)...but then again, we Americans
always love to add our own, um...flavor? to the traditions
we've...um.... Read more >
Tags: carnival, festivals, guatemala
Sun, 10 Feb 2002 | By solbeam | Views [1843]
I work as a volunteer in Guatemala City with the children of a community of families who live in the city dump. It sounds impressive, eh? People are always fascinated when they I tell them what I do and they often go into an extensive session of questioning ... Read more >
Tags: christmas party, guatemala, lice, volunteer, work
Sun, 10 Feb 2002 | By solbeam | Views [1266] | Comments [1]
Okay, the combination of working at the project *turns knob two turns
to the right*, working at the bar *turns knob two turns left*, Spanish
classes *turns knob right again*, the gym *turns knob left half turn*
and a social life *centers knob and ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, safe passage, solbeam, work
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