Destination: Guatemala
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Tue, 21 Dec 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [2977]
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
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 | By piratepete | Views [929]
We took a little speed boat from Belize to Southern Guatemala on New Years Eve. It was ridiculously bumpy and I spilt a cup of soup on the man sitting next to me, I kept apologising and he kept saying it was ok and calling me chica. We arrived in Livingston ... Read more >
Fri, 4 Jan 2013 | By emsussman | Views [858] | Comments [2]
Hola, from Guatemala City! I have been in Guatemala for almost 2 weeks now, and so far it has been incredible! After waking up at 3:00 AM, spending a layover in Houston chatting with a very friendly Guatemalan family, I finally arrived in ... Read more >
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | By compassrose | Views [848]
“¡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 >
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Tue, 4 Nov 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Views [795] | Comments [1]
I was right to be concerned about getting in to Guatemala - not because of the border crossing itself - there is no information, but following other people and a bit of ear-wigging it became quite clear, but because of the logisitics issues on either ... Read more >
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Thu, 4 Jan 2007 | By ghostofkrystenpast | Views [739]
Just a quick note to let everyone know I'm ok. Still setteling in, will write more soon. Arrived yesterday to the beautiful sights and sounds that are Guatemala. The scenery is breathtaking. I am staying with the Morelas family. They ... Read more >
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Sat, 5 Sep 2015 | By tomcan | Views [603] | 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 >
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Mon, 17 Mar 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [543]
So this week and weekend was another classic week in Guatemala. Most of the week was the typical Antigua life. I have 2 tandem language partners now. One Guatemalan girl at 9am and a Venezuelan girl at 10am. It's really great because we meet up for an ... Read more >
Sat, 17 May 2008 | By liliwanderlust | Views [506]
this magnificent flower blossoms just for one night
Thu, 22 May 2014 | By jugap | Views [495] | Comments [1]
Guatemala is now our "home". Our first stop was Flores from which we went to Tikal Ruins (1.5hrs).WE elected to do the sunrise tour. That meant we left the hostel at 3am to sit on top of a ruin for sunrise.However due to low cloud we didn't see the sunrise ... Read more >
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By brianalexandercary | Views [360]
Tue, 28 May 2013 | By amak | Views [318]
What a great day for my language skills. Oh boy. I started out by saying “Mercias” to the server at breakfast.
I was describing to her that the birds here are pretty damn funny. My conversation went something like this, “Yeah, the birds here are ... Read more >
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 | By henrique | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 15 Nov 2013 | By mearle | Photo Gallery
Backpacking through Guatemala
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Tue, 21 Apr 2015 | By cubannomad | Photo Gallery
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