Destination: Guatemala
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Fri, 23 Dec 2005 | By solbeam | Views [4351]
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“Oh my gosh, this one’s so little!” I put the slide rule down and, with two careful fingers, lift the little creature up. His width, as measured exactly to be 2.0 centimeters, is small enough ... Read more >
Tags: Animals
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 | By henrique | Views [4283] | Comments [2]
Um conhecido ditado entre os viajantes é de que quem faz a viagem são as pessoas que você encontra. Já chega até a ser um clichê, em todas as línguas, mas não deixa de ser verdade. A Guatemala foi um dos países que mais gostei. Não sei se foi ... Read more >
Tue, 2 Sep 2014 | By dannygoesdiving | Views [1847]
I have a belief that a holiday doesn't start until you have survived the horrors of Miami International Airport, even with its improvements the whole experience is something that nightmares are made of and I'm surprised it doesn't feature in a horror ... Read more >
Wed, 2 Jan 2013 | By steve_and_emma | Views [1402]
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 >
Sun, 17 Jun 2007 | By moley | Views [1289] | Comments [1]
In a small wee town called Flores Gautemala. Yesterday Jo and I decided to swim in the lake outside the hotel. We sat in the water which was teeming with fish and looked across the further bank. It was beautiful, the sun was shining and we were in ... Read more >
Tags: Laughter
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
Fri, 1 Feb 2008 | By johnbmullen | Views [604]
We arrived in Antigua on Monday. Having a great time visiting different ethnic (Mayan) restaurants and small shops. We hiked Vulcan Pacaya yesterday and ate a traditional Mayan dinner last night. Today we toured a old monastery that was converted into ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By kelseyapple | Views [587] | Scholarship Entry
Utopia is a perfect name for this hostel, a huge hardwood building with no walls right in the middle of the Guatemalan jungle. From my 2nd floor hammock (30 Quetzals per night) I could see the lime green glow of fireflies buzzing around the trees in ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
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 >
Wed, 8 Sep 2010 | By kalamina | Views [496]
Semuc Champey was amazing!!! First of all we got to ride in the back of a pick-up truck to the caves, which was a lot of fun considering the road was bearly wide enough for 1 car let alone when you had to pass someone else. Then we had to traverse a waterfall ... Read more >
Tue, 25 Feb 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [492]
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 >
Sat, 2 May 2009 | By tom_moench | Views [345]
For some more T2C training I took on this hillside behind our house but I don't know what it is called. From what I could pick up it is probably around 8,000 ft at the top and overlooks Xela at 7,500 feet below. For my birthday Mateo took me up it, ... Read more >
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 | By henrique | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 | By elawlor | Photo Gallery
antigua, atitlan, tikal
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