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Wed, 21 Mar 2007 | By alyssa_schwartz | Views [1861] | 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
Thu, 7 Feb 2008 | By connieandjohn | Views [1609] | Comments [1]
The crown jewels of Mayan civilization are Tikal, Chichen Itza, Palenque, Uxmal, and Copan and now we have visited all of them. Like the others Copan was occupied from around 1400 BC until 600 AD and then declined. It lacks the towering pyramids ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Mon, 12 May 2014 | By | Views [1547] | Scholarship Entry
“Quiche, Quiche, Quiche” is all I could hear from the ayudante amongst running toward the bus, bagless, in the chaotic bus depot of Quetzaltenango. My bag was with another man, a local, in a red plaid shirt adorned with a cowboy hat. My bag was hurled ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Tue, 11 Oct 2005 | By willlou | Views [990]
We have spent the last week in beautiful Antigua which has been little affected by the destruction wrought by Tropical Storm Stan in large parts of Guatemala. The death toll for the country is now over 600, with tens of thousands of homes washed away ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 | By lounloz | Views [852]
So the mission to Guatemala started in the bus station in Chetumal at about 6am where we met some other backpackers on the same mission. So we now had an Irish, a kiwi, a german, a dutch and an english couple. So we left the land of comfortable buses ... Read more >
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 | By elawlor | Views [760] | 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, 12 Aug 2013 | By donkosarev | Views [575]
I had known since visiting Monterrico that I would need to visit the other coast of Guatemala just for comparison, also becuase it is black sand versus white at the two coasts. My Moon travel guide book, which I have become more reliant on for information ... Read more >
Fri, 26 Oct 2007 | By laurahooker | Views [566] | Comments [1]
Well babies, I´m here in Guatemala in the amazingly beautiful colonial town of Antigua. Its hard to describe how truly gorgeous this place is. Huge stone churches, cobblestone streets, and mountains surrounding as far as the eye can see (ethereal mist ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Tue, 25 Feb 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [513]
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 >
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
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 | By kalamina | Views [473]
Hi everyone, this is just a quick blog to let everyone know that although there are landslides here at the moment we are both fine. Right now we are still in Panajachel and are meant to leave tomorrow morning, but I don´t think we will be going anywhere ... Read more >
Fri, 15 Nov 2013 | By mearle | Photo Gallery
Backpacking through Guatemala
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Fri, 11 Jul 2014 | By kikkijayne | Photo Gallery
Volcanoes, Lakes, chicken buses & more!
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Mon, 27 Oct 2014 | By alexmarkow | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I am a Miami, FL based photojournalist eager to continue to travel. Being able to explore new countries and engage with different people is what it is all about to me. I am so captivated and inspired when traveling and find my best photographs are captured ...
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Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship
Mon, 24 Nov 2014 | By enilorac | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
My name is Caroline. I grew up in an environment that helped me to feel free. Thanks to this very free childhood, I am nowadays very curious and I love to think about all the possibles. I love to organize small expeditions when I travel for exemple and ...
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Capitan, the patriarch of the family, was a medic in the American War and still acts as the village nurse for simple maladies . When asked what his favourite thing to do was he simply answered "needles". By the light of my borrowed headtorch, held by his grandson, he inserts an IV drip of vitamins into his daughter Tao's hand
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