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100% Explorador - Uncovering The Laguna Brava and other treasures near the Mexican border

Mon, 9 Mar 2009 | By amil_patel | Views [3332]

Following the Extreme Adventure to the crater of Volcan Santiaguito, I spent last week exploring the "virgin territory" ( as Don Eduardo likes to call it) of Guatemala that is near the Mexican border in Huehuetenango. Don Eduardo (owner of ... Read more >

Tikal'd Pink

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [2947]

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

Psychedelic souls and sky giants

Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | By compassrose | Views [824]

“¡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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San pedro la laguna

Sat, 3 Nov 2012 | By beebatoz | Views [753]

San pedro la laguna, Guatemala Day 1 I'm en route to the lake. It's another gnarly bus ride but there's only 8 people so it's comfy! The scenery is beautiful. Looking down into the valleys you see little villages with smoke ... Read more >

la escuala de la montana

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 | By elawlor | Views [725] | 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 >

First Impressions

Tue, 25 Feb 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [486]

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 >

Wet and Wild in Guatemala

Mon, 6 Aug 2007 | By didne | Views [484]

The rainy season is now in full swing, i´m getting regular soakings. I have NO clean clothes apart from what im wearing now, everything else has been packed wet and is STINKING !!! Nothing´l dry and i´m still looking for a laundrette. DAY 186 MON 6 ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline

Starting volunteer placement and Spanish classes

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 | By emsussman | Views [424] | Comments [1]

Life lessons learned so far: Water temperature is directly related to water pressure; the more pressure, the warmer the water (I think. It doesn’t actually get hot). Guatemalans can pack more people onto ... Read more >

Antigua

Mon, 1 Sep 2008 | By blue | Views [395]

Antigua is a beautiful city...though a bit of a harrowing drive in a minibus. When we got to the Guatemalan border a French couple forgot their passports?! We waited at the border for them to be driven back to Copan. Luckily it is only 30 minutes away.... Read more >

On the bus… literally

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By | Views [274] | Scholarship Entry

Matteo, my travel mate and I got on another bus, from Escuintla, right after the Guatemala border, to Antigua, our first stop in this new country. The vehicle was an ex USA school-bus: a gorgeous rectangular tin painted of a shining red in the background ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

A Local Encounter that Changed my Perspective - Driving Too Hard a Bargain

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By | Views [238] | Scholarship Entry

When shopping in exotic markets filled with colorful goods around the world, it’s often too easy to be swept up into the excitement of securing a bargain. Don’t get me wrong, in most markets haggling is customary, and indeed in some places vendors would ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013