Destination: Guatemala
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Thu, 15 Jan 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [1328]
We took a launch across the lake to San Pedro, and found ourselves a lovely hotel room with bathroom for 50q and spent a few days exploring the town which is quite big and growing. We went to a bar and watched a free movie while Kent and Gary shared ... Read more >
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1209]
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 >
Fri, 1 Apr 2011 | By disorientednomad | Views [898]
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
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | By compassrose | Views [824]
“¡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
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 | By liliwanderlust | Views [814]
i met joe or crazy horse in puerto morelos, mexico. he was dubbed little bear by the mayan sage, he had met in los angeles 7 years ago. an ancient mayan - one from a higher dimension, with the ability to know past and future and apparate with a body ... Read more >
Thu, 6 Nov 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Views [800]
From Panajachel we jumped, staying in Guatemala, to Antigua [The old capital]. It is the old capital because it keeps on having earthquakes. You build an amazing cathedral, it lasts 200 years before its shaken to rubble, you think its a one off, so you ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala
Fri, 12 Dec 2008 | By amil_patel | Views [779]
I´ve taken to going to Guatemalan football matches recently. It´s the exciting part of the season with the top six teams in the league playing a knock out cup competition to determine who will be champions. Most of my Guatemalan mates are football mad ... Read more >
Tags: football
Thu, 19 Mar 2009 | By muimui2009 | Views [627]
Monday was my first day at school. Here the spanish teaching is being offered as one-on-one, so I have my own teacher. His name is Mynor and he's very cool. We wasted no time and dove right into el espanol! My class is from 8am to 1pm with a break ... 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
Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By | Views [238] | Scholarship Entry
When shopping in exotic markets filled with colorful goods around the world, it’s often too easy to be swept up into the excitement of securing a bargain. Don’t get me wrong, in most markets haggling is customary, and indeed in some places vendors would ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013
Sat, 15 Dec 2007 | By jillians | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 25 Mar 2008 | By aprillabbe | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 1 Nov 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 13 Jul 2011 | By kymp76 | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 22 Nov 2014 | By restafoto | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I think I should be chosen becasuse I love travelling and photography. Those are my passions and I would be very fortunate if I could do it both at the same time. Besides, I would have the opportunity of working with a proffesional photographer, I would ...
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Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship