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Guatemala - First impressions

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 | By connieandjohn | Views [1944]

Now we know why few people bring a car into Central America. Even before we reached the border between Mexico and Guatemala we picked up a guide. He and his son directed us to follow their motorcycle then handled our exit from Mexico and the ... Read more >

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Guatemala - muggy but not buggy

Tue, 2 Sep 2014 | By dannygoesdiving | Views [1864]

I have a belief that a holiday doesn't start until you have survived the horrors of Miami International Airport, even with its improvements the whole experience is something that nightmares are made of and I'm surprised it doesn't feature in a horror ... Read more >

The Mayan Ruins

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 | By margitpirsch | Views [1147]

We got to experience the Mayan ruins around Palenque and after crossing the border to Guatemala the even more impressive Mayan temples in Tikal. Crossing the border: we had no visa for Mexico ( somehow we managed to just breeze through the crossing ... Read more >

Antigua time

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 | By kirstenroche | Views [958] | Comments [3]

So in the last few days, I managed to make it successfully with Anna to Antigua, Guatemala! We each got certified in scuba diving, our passport to the ocean! As of 3 days ago we can go anywhere in the world we want to to dive up to 100 feet down ... Read more >

Psychedelic souls and sky giants

Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | By compassrose | Views [851]

“¡Cuidado!” someone shouts, as a quetzal with a six metre wingspan catches a gust and soars upwards, rippling my hair as I duck. The giant bird lurches as her reins pull taught, and she begins to dance proudly back and forth on the ... Read more >

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la escuala de la montana

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 | By elawlor | Views [754] | Comments [2]

I love the mountain school! It is a little over an hour out of Xela and set in some green mountains with many small vilages surounding the area. Up to 14 students study in a week and we all live in a house at the school and eat our meals with our local ... Read more >

69 DAYS ON

Mon, 2 Jun 2014 | By jugap | Views [565]

Well since I was last writing we have had a relatively quiet time. After leaving Antigua we journeyed to Lago Atitlan - a lake that was once a volcanic crater and it has many little townships dotted around it. Whilst there are roads around the lake a ... Read more >

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

Mon, 17 Mar 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [545]

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 >

Back to work...

Wed, 8 Sep 2010 | By kalamina | Views [511]

Semuc Champey was amazing!!! First of all we got to ride in the back of a pick-up truck to the caves, which was a lot of fun considering the road was bearly wide enough for 1 car let alone when you had to pass someone else. Then we had to traverse a waterfall ... Read more >