Destination: Guatemala
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Tue, 21 Feb 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [5945]
The botfly. It may sound like something out of a sci-fi movie: perhaps a robotic fly with a camera that can fly into all those little hard-to-reach places and find out what's going on and what we can learn. Trust me, it's anything but! The human botfly ... Read more >
Fri, 3 Apr 2009 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [5615] | Comments [1]
Missing the direct bus from Chichicastenango to Quetzaltenango (Xela), in the west of the country, we instead got a chicken bus to the junction with the InterAmericana at Los Encuentros. We were ushered onto a chicken bus by the youthful, ... Read more >
Tags: mad guatemalan bus drivers, near death experiences
Tue, 4 Dec 2012 | By loloberlin | Views [2424]
Martes 11 de septiembre. Del lado de Guatemala a mí me pidieron por primera vez la constancia de vacunación contra fiebre amarilla . Menos mal que la tenía sino hubiera tenido que pagar lo que creo estaban buscando que es un billete ... Read more >
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 | By djnlacey | Views [990]
From Chichicastenango, we took a windy bus ride heading south to the volcano flanked Lake Atitlan. From the bus stop in Panajachel, we took a launcha (small motor boat) to San Marcos, a small town known for it's mystical feel. We checked into the ... Read more >
Tags: cliff jumping, fireworks, guatemala, kayaks, lago atitlan, mayan sauna, new years eve, san marcos, san pedro volcano, yoga
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | By compassrose | Views [834]
“¡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
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 | By priovolo | Views [707] | 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 >
Tue, 22 Jan 2013 | By emsussman | Views [557]
I am settling in very well in my second week in Antigua and finally getting comfortable with my schedule. Monday morning I started back with my volunteer work at Casa Aleluya. It was very different because all of the children 5 years and ... Read more >
Mon, 5 May 2014 | By happyfeet123 | Views [507] | Scholarship Entry
We finally stop and I jump off the bed of the truck. I follow a dirt driveway until I see a worn shanty, barely bigger than a one-car garage. Crouching into the one-room shack, doubt creeps into my consciousness. This is where the seven of us are to sleep ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Tue, 25 Feb 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [493]
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 >
Mon, 6 Aug 2007 | By didne | Views [489]
The rainy season is now in full swing, i´m getting regular soakings. I have NO clean clothes apart from what im wearing now, everything else has been packed wet and is STINKING !!! Nothing´l dry and i´m still looking for a laundrette. DAY 186 MON 6 ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
Sat, 16 Aug 2014 | By emilybou | Views [417] | Video | Scholarship Entry
I have loved films since I can remember, my dad and I used to (still do) watch Alien marathons and the horror channel all weekend. From this I have loved filming, I use mostly a GoPro and whilst sometimes I get carried away with having fun rather than ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico
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
Fri, 15 Nov 2013 | By mearle | Photo Gallery
Backpacking through Guatemala
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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
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