Destination: Guatemala

Scary movies always begin happily....Lake Atitlan

Wed, 26 Mar 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [480]

What to say about this weekend except...holy crap. The week started with some St. Patty's day fun and good news about acceptance into my Graduate program! :) Then it came to a close with some celebratory dancing on the bar at La Sala and a departure ... Read more >

Photos: Entry 17: Flores, Guatemala – Tikal ruins

Tue, 25 Mar 2014 | By sneaver | Photo Gallery

Monterrico weekend! Oh..and I taught a whole class in Spanish?!

Mon, 17 Mar 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [444]

So this week and weekend was another classic week in Guatemala. Most of the week was the typical Antigua life. I have 2 tandem language partners now. One Guatemalan girl at 9am and a Venezuelan girl at 10am. It's really great because we meet up for an ... Read more >

Quiet weekend in Antigua

Sun, 9 Mar 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [345]

So this week was fairly uneventful but some notable things happened for sure...My week at placement was pretty great. On Tuesday there was a "fiesta de Carnival" (kind of like Fat Tuesday) at school and the children all dressed up in costumes and brought ... Read more >

First Impressions

Tue, 25 Feb 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [417]

This country is beautiful!! The weather has been amazing so far and the landscape of Antigua is breathtaking! When I first arrived, I was taken here to Maximo Nivel to check in, and then brought to my "homestay"...I was under the impression that I would ... Read more >

Villa Esthela

Sat, 16 Nov 2013 | By lokata | Views [434]

Villa Esthela is the hostel I am currently staying at in Antigua. It is about 7 or so blocks from the center of town, which I enjoy. As I mentioned before, the night of my arrival they had overbooked the dorm room and I was put in a private. Daniella ... Read more >

Tags: hostels, marketplace, travel

Photos: Guatemala

Fri, 15 Nov 2013 | By mearle | Photo Gallery

Arrival

Thu, 14 Nov 2013 | By lokata | Views [389]

Getting to where I am (Antigua, Guatemala) was a rough start. I don´t want to get into it, but between car troubles and lost taxi drivers I hope all my bad luck was used up back in the states. I was picked up at the airport last night by a driver ... Read more >

Tags: antigua

Photos: Project in Santa Maria

Sun, 8 Sep 2013 | By donkosarev | Photo Gallery

Photos: Antigua and surrounding area.

Thu, 5 Sep 2013 | By donkosarev | Photo Gallery

Photos: Tajumulco trip

Thu, 5 Sep 2013 | By donkosarev | Photo Gallery

Photos: Pacaya Volcano

Thu, 5 Sep 2013 | By donkosarev | Photo Gallery

Photos: San Mateo Project

Wed, 4 Sep 2013 | By donkosarev | Photo Gallery

Aug 5-30th General developments

Sun, 18 Aug 2013 | By donkosarev | Views [383]

I will cover August at once, simply because my studying for my distance course leaves me with less time to write and because the whole month has similar themes spanning it. A lot of progress has occurred over the 2 weeks. While volunteers like, along ... Read more >

Livingston

Mon, 12 Aug 2013 | By donkosarev | Views [495]

I had known since visiting Monterrico that I would need to visit the other coast of Guatemala just for comparison, also becuase it is black sand versus white at the two coasts. My Moon travel guide book, which I have become more reliant on for information ... Read more >