Destination: Guatemala
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Tue, 21 Feb 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [5856]
The botfly. It may sound like something out of a sci-fi movie: perhaps a robotic fly with a camera that can fly into all those little hard-to-reach places and find out what's going on and what we can learn. Trust me, it's anything but! The human botfly ... Read more >
Tue, 21 Dec 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [2958]
After crossing the border into Guatemala we jumped on a bus heading towards the capital. The ride took longer than expected because we had to wait two hours in a small town to pick up new passengers. This meant we had all sorts of opportunities to ... Read more >
Tags: antigua, chichicastenango, coban, flores, lake atitlan, san pedro, santiago de atitlan, star wars, tikal, volcano pacaya
Mon, 20 Feb 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [2058]
I rise up this morning to take a test of my true adventureness! Whilst El Retiro boasts a beautiful setting, I regret staying here. They're nice enough to let me store my bag as I stuck 50 quetzales (price of admission to Semuc Champey) in my pocket.... Read more >
Tags: water
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 | By pen-eddie | Views [1885] | 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!
Fri, 1 Feb 2008 | By johnbmullen | Views [601]
We arrived in Antigua on Monday. Having a great time visiting different ethnic (Mayan) restaurants and small shops. We hiked Vulcan Pacaya yesterday and ate a traditional Mayan dinner last night. Today we toured a old monastery that was converted into ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Tue, 17 Aug 2010 | By kalamina | Views [576] | Comments [1]
Wednesday was not a good day for me...I think I may have gotten food poisoning on Tuesday night, so I was down for the count on Wednesday not even able to get out of bed. It was the worst feeling as you could probably imagine if you have ever had food ... Read more >
Fri, 26 Oct 2007 | By laurahooker | Views [554] | Comments [1]
Well babies, I´m here in Guatemala in the amazingly beautiful colonial town of Antigua. Its hard to describe how truly gorgeous this place is. Huge stone churches, cobblestone streets, and mountains surrounding as far as the eye can see (ethereal mist ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sat, 17 May 2008 | By liliwanderlust | Views [490]
this magnificent flower blossoms just for one night
Tue, 25 Feb 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [490]
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 >
Tue, 23 Oct 2012 | By hcr64 | Views [447]
Spent a couple of very pleasant days in Palenque in the hot sunshine & torrential rain. Took ourselves to the site of the ruins on a local bus which was much cheaper than the shuttles for tourists. Was a stunning place, much smaller than Tikal but ... Read more >
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 | By muimui2009 | Views [439]
Hola! I'm here safely, and I even have wi-fi at school so here's my first real entry. What a different world it is after only taking a flight for 5 hours! (SFO to San Salvador, and then 45 min from San Salvador to Guatemala City) The flight was uneventful ... Read more >
Wed, 11 May 2011 | By elis82 | Photo Gallery
A touch of the hiking and backpacking goodness that is the Guatemalan highlands. Also San Cristobal de las Casas in Southern Mexico
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Fri, 15 Nov 2013 | By mearle | Photo Gallery
Backpacking through Guatemala
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Mon, 24 Nov 2014 | By enilorac | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
My name is Caroline. I grew up in an environment that helped me to feel free. Thanks to this very free childhood, I am nowadays very curious and I love to think about all the possibles. I love to organize small expeditions when I travel for exemple and ...
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Tags: 2014 travel photography scholarship
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 | By sheree | Photo Gallery
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