Destination: Guatemala
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Thu, 12 Jun 2008 | By henrique | Views [4280] | 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 >
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1211]
Flores has Tikal, Honduras has Copan, Chiapas has Palenque...but there are many other Mayan sites dotted around the northern half of Central America. The truly adventurous, however can make the journey past all the banana plantations to the legendary ... Read more >
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 | By daveymoore82 | Views [953]
Got ripped off at the boarder exchanging money, nothing new, but on the flip side we knew they would try and con us trying to cross at boarder control, so when they asked us for 20 quetzales (about a quid 30 to me and you) we went on and on for a receipt ... Read more >
Sat, 16 Jun 2007 | By nat_and_chris | Views [920] | Comments [3]
We planned to stay at Pablo’s house for our last week in Antigua and maybe continue with another week of school. However on the Sunday night after watching a movie (Apocalypto – bit of Mel Gibson Mayan history, if you have seen the movie the fat ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Fri, 1 Apr 2011 | By disorientednomad | Views [901]
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
Fri, 4 Jan 2013 | By emsussman | Views [840] | Comments [2]
Hola, from Guatemala City! I have been in Guatemala for almost 2 weeks now, and so far it has been incredible! After waking up at 3:00 AM, spending a layover in Houston chatting with a very friendly Guatemalan family, I finally arrived in ... Read more >
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | By compassrose | Views [826]
“¡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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Mon, 29 Oct 2012 | By beebatoz | Views [770]
Lanquin and semuc champey, Guatemala
The 9am bus arrived to pick us up at 9.30. It's the smallest hottest piece of shit I've ever seen! There's 8 of us in here so far and I'm praying no other bastard gets on. The 8 ... Read more >
Mon, 7 Sep 2015 | By timmylodhi | Views [638] | Video | Scholarship Entry
Hello there! My name is Taimur Khan Lodhi, but you can call me Timmy for short. I'm a digital filmmaking student from Santa Rosa, California. I've been obsessed with the idea of becoming a travel documentation my entire life. I've had dreams where ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia
Fri, 1 Feb 2008 | By johnbmullen | Views [601]
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
Mon, 5 May 2014 | By happyfeet123 | Views [503] | 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, 23 Oct 2012 | By hcr64 | Views [447]
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 >
Sun, 18 May 2008 | By christachevs | Views [327]
!Hola mis Amigos! Como esten? Since Ive been asked, I thought Id give you an update. I landed last Sat with no real dramas, except the chick in Cayman wasnt going to let me on the plane. Luckily I convinced her that it was ok and off I went. After ... Read more >
Tue, 25 Mar 2008 | By aprillabbe | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 15 Dec 2008 | By amil_patel | Photo Gallery
Photos from the reforestation project that I´m helpling with
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