Destination: Guatemala
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Thu, 29 Jan 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [4344]
We are staying at the moment with a local family, of Melida Ortez and Domingo Rodrigez. The first week they had 3 granddaughters staying with them = Melida 8, Melani 5 and Mariordi 4, but this week only Melanie remains. We have a plain room ... Read more >
Sun, 19 Feb 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1802]
"La Casa de Federico" is what I said to the driver as I got on the sardine-packed bus toward San Jose (in Guatemala, not Costa Rica). He knew precisely how to get there! Driving seemingly in a circle around Lake Peten it was pouring down ... Read more >
Tags: nature, organics, people
Fri, 1 Apr 2011 | By disorientednomad | Views [941]
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
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | By compassrose | Views [856]
“¡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 >
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Tue, 4 Nov 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Views [804] | Comments [1]
I was right to be concerned about getting in to Guatemala - not because of the border crossing itself - there is no information, but following other people and a bit of ear-wigging it became quite clear, but because of the logisitics issues on either ... Read more >
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Mon, 18 Jul 2011 | By kymp76 | Views [545]
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 >
Tue, 23 Oct 2012 | By hcr64 | Views [482]
Spent a couple of very pleasant days in Palenque in the hot sunshine & torrential rain. Took ourselves to the site of the ruins on a local bus which was much cheaper than the shuttles for tourists. Was a stunning place, much smaller than Tikal but ... Read more >
Fri, 29 Jul 2011 | By lvinagre | Views [323]
arco de santa catalina, la antigua, guatemala
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Tue, 27 Feb 2007 | By pen-eddie | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 4 Feb 2011 | By dschneider87888 | Photo Gallery
Fishing trip with my brother and friends
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Sun, 13 Jan 2013 | By itai | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Travel is my greatest passion. It drives me intensely to explore places, people and ideas which are indissociable to me. Filling my senses and mind as I travel has always brought me great joy. One day though, I discovered that I could share this feeling ...
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Fri, 15 Nov 2013 | By mearle | Photo Gallery
Backpacking through Guatemala
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Tue, 18 Nov 2014 | By nancykent | 
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The love affair began at age 12 with a cheap point & shoot. Looking back those snap shots weren’t anything special, but at the time they were everything. It was then that I forged a bond with photography that would never be broken. I am a bit of a dinosaur ...
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