Destination: Guatemala

Guatemalan Highlights

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 | By mattso | Views [1429] | Comments [3]

Greetings once again :). I´ve been in Guatemala for the past 4 or 5 days since leaving the lovely coastline of Belize. We crossed the border without incident this time and endured a long bumpy bus ride to Flores, which is small little town on an island ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Not Such a Sweet Time on the Rio Dulce

Wed, 2 Jan 2013 | By steve_and_emma | Views [1403]

It would have been all too easy to lounge around in San Pedro La Laguna for another day but fortunately we’d already bought our shuttle tickets.  There was no way we were going to waste Q180 a head so we were up, packed and at the tour office ... Read more >

Trekking across the Cuchamantes Mountains

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 | By amil_patel | Views [1384] | Comments [5]

I`ve just done a 3 day trek/journey across the Cuchamantes mountains between Nebaj and Todos Santos in the north of Guatemala. The majority of the trek is at around 3000m and the scenery is generally pretty impressive if it isn`t foggy. Day 1 ... Read more >

Tags: trekking

more belize and a bit of guatemala

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 | By aprillabbe | Views [1068] | Comments [1]

Well since i last wrote a lot has happened… Belize was really cool, their first language is English, but most everyone also speaks Spanish and Creole so that made things fairly easy in terms of getting around. We stayed on the lovely island ... Read more >

Arrival in Guatemala City!

Fri, 4 Jan 2013 | By emsussman | Views [843] | Comments [2]

Hola, from Guatemala City!  I have been in Guatemala for almost 2 weeks now, and so far it has been incredible!  After waking up at 3:00 AM, spending a layover in Houston chatting with a very friendly Guatemalan family, I finally arrived in ... Read more >

Psychedelic souls and sky giants

Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | By compassrose | Views [833]

“¡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 >

Tags: 2017 writing scholarship

all dressed up and nowhere to go

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 | By ghostofkrystenpast | Views [813]

I´m not really sure that that title has anything to do with this entry, except maybe for the fact that I´m not sure that this entry is actually going anywhere. Basically I´m bored and have nothing better to do than sit here and ramble for a little while.... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Day 8 (?)

Fri, 2 Nov 2007 | By laurahooker | Views [595] | Comments [4]

so, I have reached Lake atitlan and it´s probably one of the most beautiful place i have ever been. Huge lake in the middle of volcanos and mountians..incredible.. Staying at this cool little hostel "la iguana Perdida", 5 dollars a night and ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

A Love Beyond Normality

Sat, 5 Sep 2015 | By tomcan | Views [584] | Video | Scholarship Entry

I recently graduated with a film degree and I am passionate about finding, creating and telling stories. I love to travel and explore new cultures and meet new people. Making documentary films is the most interesting and rewarding style of filmmaking ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia

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

Chichinecatenango and antigua, Guatemala 1407-16/07

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 | By kymp76 | Views [524]

Panahechel is on a lake front, down in a valley.  THe road out of this town in long and windy.  Unfortunately with all the rain we had, the main road out was blocked by landslides.  So we took the longer way out.  Managed to get to Chichinecastengo which ... Read more >

Wet and Wild in Guatemala

Mon, 6 Aug 2007 | By didne | Views [489]

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

58 DAYS ON

Thu, 22 May 2014 | By jugap | Views [483] | Comments [1]

Guatemala is now our "home". Our first stop was Flores from which we went to Tikal Ruins (1.5hrs).WE elected to do the sunrise tour. That meant we left the hostel at 3am to sit on top of a ruin for sunrise.However due to low cloud we didn't see the sunrise ... Read more >

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