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Sun, 23 Jun 2013 | By donkosarev | Views [2199]
I have decided to write about this weekend trip in particular before anything else because it is has simply been the definitive moment of my stay so far. Despite needing an 8 hour trip there and 8 hours more to get back to Antigua and me spending around ... Read more >
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 | By djnlacey | Views [1021]
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
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 | By amil_patel | Views [1003] | Comments [1]
I started my voluntary work in Xela about 3 weeks ago which was pretty easy to find. A couple of people I know decided it would be a good idea to promise to replace a forest that got infected with some kind of disease. Instead of saying we would plant ... Read more >
Tags: volunteer work
Fri, 1 Apr 2011 | By disorientednomad | Views [936]
One day, I was looking at the "1,000 places to go before you die" book, and I saw Tikal. I thought, "I want to go there" so I asked my parents (I was visiting them at the time) if anyone wanted to go for my 30th birthday. My ... Read more >
Tags: 30th birthday, family, guatemala, milky way, santiago atitlan, spanish, tikal, traveling
Sat, 13 Dec 2008 | By hellie_and_bracey | Views [928]
Our Sunday morning lie-in was rudely truncated on 7th Dec by the sounds of firecrackers and music coming from the streets of Antigua. I should just mention at this point that noises such as these are by no means unusual in Central America. Almost everywhere ... Read more >
Thu, 6 Nov 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Views [815]
From Panajachel we jumped, staying in Guatemala, to Antigua [The old capital]. It is the old capital because it keeps on having earthquakes. You build an amazing cathedral, it lasts 200 years before its shaken to rubble, you think its a one off, so you ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By | Views [577] | Scholarship Entry
Sitting in the back of the immense white pickup, I thumped my way up the mountain towards our final destination in Guatemala, Semuc Champey. My knuckles whitened as I gripped the edges of the truck. Each time we hit a pothole or hillock on the dirt ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 | By kalamina | Views [470]
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 >
Tue, 31 May 2011 | By elis82 | Photo Gallery
Photos from Lago de Atitlan, Antigua, Semuc Champey, Flores and Tikal
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Thu, 18 Feb 2010 | By francinefrog | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 2 May 2010 | By jahson4 | Photo Gallery
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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
Tue, 27 Jan 2015 | By saloseries | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients fresh fish salt garlic diced tomatoes quartered onions diced plantains, sliced lengthwise rice 1 cup black beans 1/4 cup How to prepare this recipe rice and beans: in a separate pot boil water with beans until semi- tender add more ...
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Tags: 2015 Passport & Plate: SRI LANKA
Mon, 9 Feb 2015 | By bebacastellan | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
A summary in photographs of step by step of the unique Souffle de Chipilin. From Guatemala with love.
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Tags: 2015 passport & plate: sri lanka