Destination: Guatemala
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Tue, 21 Dec 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [2989]
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
Tue, 2 Sep 2014 | By dannygoesdiving | Views [1868]
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 >
Thu, 13 Sep 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1206]
Up early, a last Starbuck's in hand, nearly now a memory from the developed world, and a last minute push to get an untested website up and running. Despite heroic efforts all night and early morning, as Darrin reluctantly admitted, never launch untested ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Tue, 25 Oct 2005 | By willlou | Views [1153]
Last week we left Antigua to spend a week or so in Honduras. We visited the Mayan ruins at Copan and had planned to head to the coast to stay on the Bay Islands. We had to cancel this trip as Hurricane Wilma brewed up and the coast was put on Hurricane ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Sat, 16 Jun 2007 | By nat_and_chris | Views [957] | 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 [939]
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
Sat, 13 Dec 2008 | By hellie_and_bracey | Views [932]
Our Sunday morning lie-in was rudely truncated on 7th Dec by the sounds of firecrackers and music coming from the streets of Antigua. I should just mention at this point that noises such as these are by no means unusual in Central America. Almost everywhere ... Read more >
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 | By priovolo | Views [733] | Comments [2]
So, here we are.. our last few days in, what seems to be, the mango and avocado capital of the world. We have consumed so many of the two that we find it hard to believe there are extras laying around. Currently in Flores (the north of the country), ... Read more >
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By kelseyapple | Views [603] | 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
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 | By 120thst | Views [503]
We arrived in Antigua on Thursday. We took a shuttle (read: minivan), during the ride, two of the seat-backs broke, including the ONE we were sharing. People got out along the way, though, so it wasn´t as bad as the ride from Chiquimula. Antigua ... Read more >
Tue, 23 Oct 2012 | By hcr64 | Views [479]
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 >
Tue, 1 May 2007 | By annabanana | Photo Gallery
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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
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