Destination: Guatemala
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Tue, 21 Feb 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [6167]
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 [2984]
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
Tue, 6 Jan 2009 | By amil_patel | Views [1410] | 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
Tue, 7 Feb 2012 | By doodledawn | Views [1073]
Having been stuck in Copan for 6 days waiting for my eternally delayed DHL package, I am finally out of Honduras and merrily typing away in an Internet cafe in Antigua. I spent most of the last week sleeping in, reading and drinking beer in Copan as ... Read more >
Tags: antigua, boliva, carnaval, copan, dhl, hedman alas, oruro
Mon, 3 Aug 2009 | By joealotto13 | Views [975] | Comments [1]
Volcan Santa Maria is an extinct volcano located just next to Xela, where i´m studying spanish. I did a day hike with a bunch of the school where I´m studying spanish one saturday. It was pretty uneventful and a pretty easy hike but it was a nice view ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, santa maria, volcano
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 | By kirstenroche | Views [960] | Comments [3]
So in the last few days, I managed to make it successfully with Anna to Antigua, Guatemala! We each got certified in scuba diving, our passport to the ocean! As of 3 days ago we can go anywhere in the world we want to to dive up to 100 feet down ... Read more >
Sat, 13 Dec 2008 | By hellie_and_bracey | Views [932]
Our Sunday morning lie-in was rudely truncated on 7th Dec by the sounds of firecrackers and music coming from the streets of Antigua. I should just mention at this point that noises such as these are by no means unusual in Central America. Almost everywhere ... Read more >
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | By compassrose | Views [852]
“¡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
Tue, 12 Jun 2012 | By tempolibre | Views [575]
El
Retiro Lodge, Lanquin, 30 de abril
Llegamos hace
unos días y todavía estamos descubriendo poco a poco el lugar y su
funcionamiento. Aurora, como habla perfectamente el español, trabaja en recepción
(horarios: 7-9.30 AM y 4-19 PM), y ... Read more >
Tags: volontariat
Fri, 26 Oct 2007 | By laurahooker | Views [566] | 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
Wed, 3 Sep 2008 | By blue | Views [445]
I went on the boat to a small inlet where there is a hotel carved into the mountain. I was able to stay in a small stone cabin with amazing views of the lake and the mountains and volcanoes beyond. There was a family style dinner...and I was able to ... Read more >
Sat, 16 Aug 2014 | By emilybou | Views [432] | Video | Scholarship Entry
I have loved films since I can remember, my dad and I used to (still do) watch Alien marathons and the horror channel all weekend. From this I have loved filming, I use mostly a GoPro and whilst sometimes I get carried away with having fun rather than ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico
Sun, 4 Feb 2007 | By pen-eddie | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 31 May 2011 | By elis82 | Photo Gallery
Photos from Lago de Atitlan, Antigua, Semuc Champey, Flores and Tikal
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