Destination: Guatemala
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Tue, 21 Dec 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [2992]
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
Sun, 21 Feb 2010 | By sierrayla-1 | Views [2722] | Comments [1]
My relaxing weekend was just that. I hadn’t realized that I had been going nonstop for two weeks, and hadn’t slept past 7A in all that time. The next week was pretty uneventful. It was filled with Spanish class. I decided to go on a trip ... Read more >
Tags: antigua, guatemala, tikal, volcano
Wed, 21 Mar 2007 | By alyssa_schwartz | Views [1867] | Comments [1]
It has been a lovely past few days spent at Caye Caulker, an island about 20 miles outside of Belize City. After leaving Orange Walk on Monday morning (with what felt like the entire population of the town on the bus with us) we were happily on our way ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
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 >
Tags: 2017 writing scholarship
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 | By liliwanderlust | Views [841]
i met joe or crazy horse in puerto morelos, mexico. he was dubbed little bear by the mayan sage, he had met in los angeles 7 years ago. an ancient mayan - one from a higher dimension, with the ability to know past and future and apparate with a body ... Read more >
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 | By elawlor | Views [770] | 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 >
Mon, 2 Jun 2014 | By jugap | Views [567]
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 >
Mon, 5 May 2014 | By happyfeet123 | Views [522] | 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
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By | Views [484] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
“Move over, señoras y señores! Go on, lady - move to the back please, there’s plenty of space!” The driver’s assistant is rearranging the passengers on the already packed bus to make room for more. After a few months in Guatemala, this feels like a ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Mon, 14 Jul 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [356]
After a morning run we cooked up a bunch of leftover veggies for breakfast & set out to kayak for a couple of hours.
It wasn't ideal kayaking weather & we had a but of chop & strong headwinds but we paddled about for almost 2 hours checking ... Read more >
Tue, 13 May 2014 | By | Views [311] | Scholarship Entry
San Pedro, Guatemala is a small town situated around the deepest lake in Central America, Lago Atitlan. The lake is actually a gigantic crater formed by an ancient volcano, there is even rumored to be an ancient Mayan village lurking in its depths. Furthermore ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Sat, 15 Dec 2007 | By jillians | Photo Gallery
friole y arroz
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Tue, 2 Dec 2008 | By amil_patel | Photo Gallery
Photos from various excursions around Xela
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Thu, 20 May 2010 | By hpmoon | Photo Gallery
Volcán Pacaya is an active volcano in the Escuintla department of Guatemala nearby Antigua and Guatemala City. Though the volcano had been dormant for over a century, it erupted in 1965 and hasn't stopped since. As recently as 2006, increased eruptions ...
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Wed, 13 Jul 2011 | By kymp76 | Photo Gallery
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