Destination: Guatemala

perfect day so far!

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 | By moley | Views [1293] | Comments [1]

In a small wee town called Flores Gautemala. Yesterday Jo and I decided to swim in the lake outside the hotel. We sat in the water which was teeming with fish and looked across the further bank. It was beautiful, the sun was shining and we were in ... Read more >

Tags: Laughter

The Lady with the Shawl

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 | By kalamina | Views [1038] | Comments [1]

It has been a couple of weeks since I've blogged, so sorry about that. We haven't really doing any exciting travel so I though that I'd just combine the last 2 weeks in one blog. The lab work has finally come to an end and we are now at the feast in ... Read more >

Just Me and Dad in Guatemala

Fri, 1 Apr 2011 | By disorientednomad | Views [923]

  One day, I was looking at the "1,000 places to go before you die" book, and I saw Tikal.  I thought, "I want to go there" so I asked my parents (I was visiting them at the time) if anyone wanted to go for my 30th birthday.  My ... Read more >

Tags: 30th birthday, family, guatemala, milky way, santiago atitlan, spanish, tikal, traveling

First Few Days in La Antigua Guatemala

Sun, 1 Mar 2015 | By cubannomad | Views [631] | Comments [3]

I arrived on Friday evening to a Bienvenida Ani U sign on my door.  I have taken the first few days to relax, re-learn the money, read  my lonely planet  Guatemala book and get acquainted with the city.  Slowly but surely I am ... Read more >

Day Eight

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 | By nelsjohnson | Views [601] | Video

The video is an excerpt from our Sat market scavenger hunt.  (Paul`s looking for a live piglet, I think.)  Imagine the Ferry Plaza market with raw sewage smell, bootleg Spanish DVDs and a shantytown vibe... I`d planned a weekend outing to a hotel in ... Read more >

Weekly volunteer progress report July 1-4

Wed, 10 Jul 2013 | By donkosarev | Views [567]

Monday may perhaps be the last day at which the number of volunteers was restricted to a small number, 4 with the arrival of one new volunteer, Mariella. The first 2 hours were rather slow as Juan Jose took both Mariella and Rachel for what turned out ... Read more >

Flores and Lanquin

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 | By stu_n_anna | Views [565]

After a dusty drive from the border, we arrived in Flores. It´s a pretty little town built on an island in the middle of a lake. We found a hostel with a room, not that great, but a really nice roof deck with stunning lake views, and hammocks! After ... Read more >

the ego has landed...

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 | By laurahooker | Views [557] | 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

First Impressions

Tue, 25 Feb 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [500]

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 >

san marcos de atitlan

Sat, 17 May 2008 | By liliwanderlust | Views [499]

this magnificent flower blossoms just for one night

Day 43 - Guatemala

Wed, 9 Jul 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [360]

Today was another long transit day with three buses and road border crossings into Guatemala from Mexico. We made it safe & sound to the quiet mountain transit town of Quetzaltenango or Xela as the locals call it. Whilst the road trip was a ... Read more >

Guatemala

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By brianalexandercary | Views [355]

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

Gallery: Guate!Guate!Guate!

Tue, 1 May 2007 | By annabanana | Photo Gallery

Photos: Guatemala

Fri, 4 Feb 2011 | By dschneider87888 | Photo Gallery