Destination: Guatemala
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Wed, 14 Oct 2009 | By jarrodkee43 | Views [1953] | Comments [2]
With the jungle trek now behind them, Jose and Diego were still more than willing to subject their bodies to some more insect biting punishment with a visit to Semuc Champey. Although safely reporting that there were no tarantulas hiding under the dunny ... Read more >
Sun, 17 Jun 2007 | By moley | Views [1305] | Comments [1]
In a small wee town called Flores Gautemala. Yesterday Jo and I decided to swim in the lake outside the hotel. We sat in the water which was teeming with fish and looked across the further bank. It was beautiful, the sun was shining and we were in ... Read more >
Tags: Laughter
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 | By margitpirsch | Views [1150]
We got to experience the Mayan ruins around Palenque and after crossing the border to Guatemala the even more impressive Mayan temples in Tikal.
Crossing the border: we had no visa for Mexico ( somehow we managed to just breeze through the crossing ... Read more >
Fri, 28 Mar 2008 | By aprillabbe | Views [1092] | Comments [1]
Well since i last wrote a lot has happened…
Belize was really cool, their first language is English, but most everyone also speaks Spanish and Creole so that made things fairly easy in terms of getting around. We stayed on the lovely island ... Read more >
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | By compassrose | Views [852]
“¡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
Sun, 31 May 2009 | By cherryblossomgirl | Views [757]
The four weeks language course in Guatemala has been part of the Travelworks project where we were supposed to stay in a Guatemalan host family. The A.P.P.E. Language Academy (Academia de Profesores Privados de Espanol Guatemala) is k nown to ... Read more >
Tags: a.p.p.e., antigua guatemala
Sun, 13 Jul 2008 | By tpara | Views [535] | Comments [3]
I left Comitan early to try and make the frontier with Guatemala early. A light drizzle was falling and the traffic was light and amazingly i got myself out of townwithout a U turn. As i topped a rise Guatemala stretched before me green fields with volcanoes ... 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
Mon, 15 Jul 2013 | By donkosarev | Views [425]
This week has been somewhat made shorter by my absence on Monday. Arriving to Maximo Nivel on Tuesday I was greeted by Mariella who very sweetly told me that I was missed. For the first time since starting my placement, Freddy left on his own without ... Read more >
Wed, 9 Jul 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [369]
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 >
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By | Views [269] | Scholarship Entry
We met our guide and took off through the Nebaj market to the microbuses. The clouds were heavy and the music was repeating a Spanish song “God, please bring the rain!” as if to tempt the heavens into bringing the rainy season early. Just in time to ruin ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013
Sun, 22 Mar 2009 | By muimui2009 | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 | By lounloz | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 8 Nov 2014 | By escandiosc | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Like Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory without a golden ticket but yes with a golden entry which at the end is the same thing, with oompa-loompas included, a sweet and mysterious world to discover, Mr. Wonka as the major authority who will decide who ...
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Tags: 2014 travel photography scholarship