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The Mayan Ruins

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 | By margitpirsch | Views [943]

We got to experience the Mayan ruins around Palenque and after crossing the border to Guatemala the even more impressive Mayan temples in Tikal. Crossing the border: we had no visa for Mexico ( somehow we managed to just breeze through the crossing ... Read more >

guatemala, a country of coincidences

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 | By ladyd | Views [830]

I honestly can´t believe I have been here in Guatemala for only two days. It feels like a lifetime ago that I left West 4th Street for LaGuardia. My time here so far has been split between the colonial city of Antigua and currently in what they call ... Read more >

Psychedelic souls and sky giants

Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | By compassrose | Views [685]

“¡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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la escuala de la montana

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 | By elawlor | Views [585] | Comments [2]

I love the mountain school! It is a little over an hour out of Xela and set in some green mountains with many small vilages surounding the area. Up to 14 students study in a week and we all live in a house at the school and eat our meals with our local ... Read more >

Guatemala: June 19th to 25th

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 | By lockers | Views [548]

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 >

Back to work...

Wed, 8 Sep 2010 | By kalamina | Views [417]

Semuc Champey was amazing!!! First of all we got to ride in the back of a pick-up truck to the caves, which was a lot of fun considering the road was bearly wide enough for 1 car let alone when you had to pass someone else. Then we had to traverse a waterfall ... Read more >

The Power of the Mustache

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By anna_zee | Views [389] | 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 >

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Ruins & Revolutionaries

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 | By hcr64 | Views [377]

Spent a couple of very pleasant days in Palenque in the hot sunshine & torrential rain. Took ourselves to the site of the ruins on a local bus which was much cheaper than the shuttles for tourists. Was a stunning place, much smaller than Tikal but ... Read more >

58 DAYS ON

Thu, 22 May 2014 | By jugap | Views [355] | 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 >

My Travel Writing Scholarship 2011 entry - My Big Adventure

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 | By alexcherry | Views [340] | Scholarship Entry

We arrive at the cave in the early morning light and plunge into the darkness with ferocity. Bright eyes adjust to smoky candlelight, and nostrils to must and dirt and water.  We are outside of Lanquin, a tiny tranquil and undulating ... Read more >

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