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Tue, 21 Feb 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [6144]
The botfly. It may sound like something out of a sci-fi movie: perhaps a robotic fly with a camera that can fly into all those little hard-to-reach places and find out what's going on and what we can learn. Trust me, it's anything but! The human botfly ... Read more >
Mon, 2 Mar 2009 | By amil_patel | Views [4005] | Comments [1]

Having just gone to the crater of one of the 10 most active volcanoes in the world I think I can fairly confidently say that it is unlikely that I´ll ever undertake such an amazing and frankly mad adventure again. If you happen to be my mum, I´d probably ... Read more >
Tags: volacanic eruptions
trekking
extreme adventure
Tue, 24 Mar 2009 | By tom_moench | Views [1210] | Comments [5]

Day1 of school was both fun and exhausting mentally by the first break at 10:30. The school has afternoon activities this week to El Cerro de Baúl a hillside overlooking Xela. There one finds this killer slide in the playground. What I failed to mention ... Read more >
Sat, 5 Sep 2015 | By tomcan | Views [605] | Video | Scholarship Entry

I recently graduated with a film degree and I am passionate about finding, creating and telling stories. I love to travel and explore new cultures and meet new people. Making documentary films is the most interesting and rewarding style of filmmaking ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia
Sat, 29 Dec 2007 | By loulou | Views [587] | Comments [1]
A week into San Pedro..approaching it from quite a different angle than many Ive met (in fact most ex pats here) yet loving it just the same. Been keeping quite busy and havnt had time to kick back with a bevvy much at all. The local people are (for ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 | By stu_n_anna | Views [575]

After a dusty drive from the border, we arrived in Flores. It´s a
pretty little town built on an island in the middle of a lake. We found
a hostel with a room, not that great, but a really nice roof deck with
stunning lake views, and hammocks! After ... Read more >
Thu, 16 Apr 2009 | By tom_moench | Views [543] | Comments [1]

At La Escuela Miguel Angel Asturias we usually have our graduation dinner on Thursday evenings. It usually a student potluck where each student prepares a dish for all the students and attending teachers. The dishes can run from Guatemaltecan favorites ... Read more >
Sat, 16 Apr 2011 | By sarahreinertsen | Views [436]
Our last day in Antigua before catching a flight to Flores and Tikal, Mom & I decided to get a touch adventurous and climb Pacaya Volcano. In the grand tradition of Developing Countries' Dubious Safety Protocols at Major National Treasures (see:... Read more >
Tags: guatamala, pacaya volcano, trekking
Wed, 9 Jul 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [366]
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 >
Thu, 17 May 2007 | By scottfromscotland | Photo Gallery
Guatemala Nov 06
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Sat, 15 Dec 2007 | By jillians | Photo Gallery
friole y arroz
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Mon, 5 Jan 2009 | By amil_patel | Photo Gallery
Trek across the Cuchamantes Mountains
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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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Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship
Sun, 23 Nov 2014 | By srzema | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
My eyes widened as young women desperately ran up to stopped cars in an attempt to sell fruit for mere pocket change. I gasped as gaunt, starving dogs covered in flies rummaged through trash cans for a morsel of food, despite the bystanders hurling rocks ...
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Mon, 9 Feb 2015 | By bebacastellan | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
A summary in photographs of step by step of the unique Souffle de Chipilin. From Guatemala with love.
Watch: https://vimeo.com/119075370
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