Destination: Guatemala
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Wed, 26 Sep 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1479]
A rough night it was... the soup we ate for lunch must not have been boiled long enough to be free from bacteria and parasites. I haven't been this sick, even in India. At first I thought it might have been all the spinning in tonight's salsa lesson, ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Sun, 17 Jun 2007 | By moley | Views [1294] | 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
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 | By kirstenroche | Views [949] | Comments [3]
So in the last few days, I managed to make it successfully with Anna to Antigua, Guatemala! We each got certified in scuba diving, our passport to the ocean! As of 3 days ago we can go anywhere in the world we want to to dive up to 100 feet down ... Read more >
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | By compassrose | Views [843]
“¡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
Thu, 22 May 2008 | By carolwil | Views [770]
Flores is one of many little gorgeous little towns on the edge of a lake. There are many cobbled little lanes here off main streets and some of the houses here are very colourful. Today I visited a Maya ancient ruin site called Tekal which is located ... Read more >
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 | By lockers | Views [647]
On the 18 hour bus ride from Managua in
Nicaragua to Guatemala City, I met an
Australian girl, Monique, and, after being advised that it wasn't
safe to get a public bus on a Sunday evening to Antigua, we shared a
30 ... Read more >
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 | By rarakaki | Views [636]
Been too busy to keep up! I'm almost a week behind now. We had a nice, but short, stay in Antigua, which is a beautiful colonial city, and much more affluent than the areas we've been to so far. On some great advice from neighbors Leif and Cilla, we treated ... Read more >
Mon, 2 Jun 2014 | By jugap | Views [556]
Well since I was last writing we have had a relatively quiet time. After leaving Antigua we journeyed to Lago Atitlan - a lake that was once a volcanic crater and it has many little townships dotted around it. Whilst there are roads around the lake a ... Read more >
Mon, 5 May 2014 | By happyfeet123 | Views [511] | 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
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 | By kalamina | Views [467]
Hi everyone, this is just a quick blog to let everyone know that although there are landslides here at the moment we are both fine. Right now we are still in Panajachel and are meant to leave tomorrow morning, but I don´t think we will be going anywhere ... Read more >
Sat, 16 Aug 2014 | By emilybou | Views [422] | 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
Tue, 4 Nov 2014 | By uriah | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Every moment of freedom of mine is spent in a quest to challenge myself and explore the vast world in which I live in. I was born in Pea Ridge, Arkansas and lived a life where exploration was my means of entertainment. Backpacking through the Ozark National ...
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Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship
Fri, 4 Feb 2011 | By dschneider87888 | Photo Gallery
Fishing trip with my brother and friends
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Mon, 31 Oct 2011 | By sergiosphotography | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Hello, my name es Sergio Osorio, I am from Guatemala and I love Photography, eventually I will travel just to visit places to take pictures and usually I will woke up early on days that I know people will be out of the streets or sleeping, like the holidays, ...
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Sun, 29 Jun 2008 | By andi | Photo Gallery
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