Destination: Guatemala
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Tue, 21 Feb 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [5976]
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 >
Mon, 13 Apr 2015 | By cubannomad | Views [2667]
Took some time off from picture taking. It feels too much like being a tourist.
Had my last class with the kids in San Antonio de Aguas Calientes last week. Always bitter sweet. Got my share of hugs to last me a while. Hopefully ... Read more >
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 | By djnlacey | Views [995]
From Chichicastenango, we took a windy bus ride heading south to the volcano flanked Lake Atitlan. From the bus stop in Panajachel, we took a launcha (small motor boat) to San Marcos, a small town known for it's mystical feel. We checked into the ... Read more >
Tags: cliff jumping, fireworks, guatemala, kayaks, lago atitlan, mayan sauna, new years eve, san marcos, san pedro volcano, yoga
Fri, 4 Jan 2013 | By emsussman | Views [851] | 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 >
Sat, 22 Jun 2013 | By donkosarev | Views [736]
Living in Cyprus requires layovers any time I try to cross the Atlantic which makes sense, since demand for transatlantic voyages sufficient to fill a plane regularly is an impossible task for an island of approximately 1 million people. It has become ... Read more >
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 | By elawlor | Views [731] | 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 >
Sat, 5 Sep 2015 | By tomcan | Views [589] | 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
Mon, 2 Jun 2014 | By jugap | Views [548]
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 >
Sun, 13 Jul 2008 | By tpara | Views [518] | Comments [3]
I left Comitan early to try and make the frontier with Guatemala early. A light drizzle was falling and the traffic was light and amazingly i got myself out of townwithout a U turn. As i topped a rise Guatemala stretched before me green fields with volcanoes ... Read more >
Mon, 5 May 2014 | By happyfeet123 | Views [509] | Scholarship Entry
We finally stop and I jump off the bed of the truck. I follow a dirt driveway until I see a worn shanty, barely bigger than a one-car garage. Crouching into the one-room shack, doubt creeps into my consciousness. This is where the seven of us are to sleep ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Mon, 6 Aug 2007 | By didne | Views [491]
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
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By brianalexandercary | Views [352]
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery
Mayan ruin in southeastern Guatemala
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Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By | 
Flickr Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I don't think anyone jumps from regular person to world citizen quite like a transracial adoptee. From the time I was born to an indigenous woman in Guatemala though my upbringing in an Irish-American family, I grew up with the task of learning to walk ...
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2013