Destination: Guatemala

Tikal'd Pink

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [2976]

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

Quality Trekking in Quetzaltenango

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 | By steve_and_emma | Views [1488]

Much to our delight the locals kindly shorten this to Xela (pronounced shel-la); a derivative of the ancient name for the town.  It was time to move away from Christmas indulgence and lazy travelling and get back to using chicken buses.  Here ... Read more >

Just Me and Dad in Guatemala

Fri, 1 Apr 2011 | By disorientednomad | Views [933]

  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

Psychedelic souls and sky giants

Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | By compassrose | Views [848]

“¡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

the begining of the Guatemala adventure.............

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 | By lounloz | Views [847]

So the mission to Guatemala started in the bus station in Chetumal at about 6am where we met some other backpackers on the same mission. So we now had an Irish, a kiwi, a german, a dutch and an english couple. So we left the land of comfortable buses ... Read more >

Why going to Guatemalan football matches isn´t as rubbish as you might first think...

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 | By amil_patel | Views [807]

I´ve taken to going to Guatemalan football matches recently. It´s the exciting part of the season with the top six teams in the league playing a knock out cup competition to determine who will be champions. Most of my Guatemalan mates are football mad ... Read more >

Tags: football

I am here

Thu, 4 Jan 2007 | By ghostofkrystenpast | Views [739]

Just a quick note to let everyone know I'm ok. Still setteling in, will write more soon. Arrived yesterday to the beautiful sights and sounds that are Guatemala. The scenery is breathtaking. I am staying with the Morelas family. They ... Read more >

Tags: Lost!

First Impressions

Tue, 25 Feb 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [509]

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 >

This One Time I Hiked a Volcano

Mon, 25 May 2015 | By | Views [380] | Scholarship Entry

Everyone has a "hit list" right? Not the kind of hit list where you name the people you want killed off (bad form to put that sort of thing in writing); rather, a list of travel stories you can tell to just about any crowd. My audience is typically ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

Day 43 - Guatemala

Wed, 9 Jul 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [363]

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 >

Sunrises and Ceíbas in Tikal

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By | Views [264] | Scholarship Entry

I had arisen to thundershowers and lightening bolts, howling monkeys, and wide-eyed owls hidden in the grass of my pathway towards Tower IV. It was the madrugada, the wee hours of the morning, and the forest was heaving green and blue, dumping buckets ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Catching a Moment - Into the black

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By | Views [194] | Scholarship Entry

An endless army of feet stretch ahead. They trudge along the rocky path, sweat dampening brows in the humid heat and incline of the slope. Light glistens through the quiet, surrounding rainforest and they feel enveloped in a leafy, serene womb. Animals ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013

Gallery: Antigua

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 | By ladyd | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Nebaj to Todos Santos

Mon, 5 Jan 2009 | By amil_patel | Photo Gallery

Photos: Good Friday...Crucifxion and procession

Fri, 3 Apr 2015 | By cubannomad | Photo Gallery