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Psychedelic souls and sky giants

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

Mexico to Belize to Guatemala - Week One!

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 | By ash-clarey | Views [831] | Comments [2]

Hi All We are having an absolute blast! This is most definitely the life. Since our last message we have been through Belize and into Guatemala. Belize is an amazing country but just too expensive for us. We were on the islands in the Carribean ... Read more >

If Captain Van reads this I am screwed

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 | By laurahooker | Views [777] | Comments [6]

day after my birthday, and so much has happened since I last blogged... first, they are called the bay islands not the key islands.yes Im a bit of a dumbass. next, day of the dead was very interesting.above ground graves with families alternating between ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Language Course at A.P.P.E. in Antigua Guatemala

Sun, 31 May 2009 | By cherryblossomgirl | Views [736]

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

Weekly volunteer progress report July 1-4

Wed, 10 Jul 2013 | By donkosarev | Views [563]

Monday may perhaps be the last day at which the number of volunteers was restricted to a small number, 4 with the arrival of one new volunteer, Mariella. The first 2 hours were rather slow as Juan Jose took both Mariella and Rachel for what turned out ... Read more >

Monterrico weekend! Oh..and I taught a whole class in Spanish?!

Mon, 17 Mar 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [534]

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 >

58 DAYS ON

Thu, 22 May 2014 | By jugap | Views [484] | 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 >

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Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By brianalexandercary | Views [350]

Guatemala City Round 2

Tue, 8 Jan 2013 | By emsussman | Views [346]

Between the beach and beginning my volunteer I had 5 nights in Guatemala City with the Farchis. We had a lot of time to relax, watch movies, sleep, and read. It was a lot like the beach minus the beach part. Wednesday we went to lunch ... Read more >

Sharing Stories - A Glimpse into Another's Life - The Pain of the Ixiles

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

Gallery: Guatemala

Fri, 8 Aug 2008 | By rarakaki | Photo Gallery

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Photos: Volcán Pacaya, Guatemala

Thu, 20 May 2010 | By hpmoon | Photo Gallery

Volcán Pacaya is an active volcano in the Escuintla department of Guatemala nearby Antigua and Guatemala City. Though the volcano had been dormant for over a century, it erupted in 1965 and hasn't stopped since. As recently as 2006, increased eruptions ... Read more >
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