Destination: Guatemala
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Fri, 17 Feb 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [2083]
Dark it was with the moon shining as I awoke at 4:30 AM to set out toward Tikal. I didn't need much: just my passport, money for admission and food, and my camera, and I was out the door. With a rock in hand (to ward off dogs) I hoped for some quick ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, maya, ruins
Wed, 14 Oct 2009 | By jarrodkee43 | Views [1947] | Comments [2]
With the jungle trek now behind them, Jose and Diego were still more than willing to subject their bodies to some more insect biting punishment with a visit to Semuc Champey. Although safely reporting that there were no tarantulas hiding under the dunny ... Read more >
Tue, 2 Sep 2014 | By dannygoesdiving | Views [1863]
I have a belief that a holiday doesn't start until you have survived the horrors of Miami International Airport, even with its improvements the whole experience is something that nightmares are made of and I'm surprised it doesn't feature in a horror ... Read more >
Sun, 19 Feb 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1787]
"La Casa de Federico" is what I said to the driver as I got on the sardine-packed bus toward San Jose (in Guatemala, not Costa Rica). He knew precisely how to get there! Driving seemingly in a circle around Lake Peten it was pouring down ... Read more >
Tags: nature, organics, people
Tue, 2 Dec 2008 | By amil_patel | Views [1731] | Comments [1]
I´ve been on a number of daytrips to villages/volcanos/hot springs around Xela while I´ve been studing Spanish during the daytime. Laguna de Chicabal A couple of weekends ago we went up to the Laguna Chicabal which is a lake formed in the crater ... Read more >
Tags: day trips
Sat, 3 Oct 2009 | By joealotto13 | Views [957] | Comments [3]
I stayed in a village called Al Remate about thrirty minutes outside Tikal. I stayed as close as possible because the park opened at 6 am and I wanted to be one of the first ones there. I managed to walk into the park at 6.10 and I was the first on ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, mayan ruins, tikal
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 | By elawlor | Views [744] | 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 >
Sat, 5 Sep 2015 | By tomcan | Views [603] | Video | Scholarship Entry
I recently graduated with a film degree and I am passionate about finding, creating and telling stories. I love to travel and explore new cultures and meet new people. Making documentary films is the most interesting and rewarding style of filmmaking ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By kelseyapple | Views [598] | Scholarship Entry
Utopia is a perfect name for this hostel, a huge hardwood building with no walls right in the middle of the Guatemalan jungle. From my 2nd floor hammock (30 Quetzals per night) I could see the lime green glow of fireflies buzzing around the trees in ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Fri, 26 Oct 2007 | By laurahooker | Views [564] | Comments [1]
Well babies, I´m here in Guatemala in the amazingly beautiful colonial town of Antigua. Its hard to describe how truly gorgeous this place is. Huge stone churches, cobblestone streets, and mountains surrounding as far as the eye can see (ethereal mist ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sat, 19 Feb 2011 | By | Views [520] | Scholarship Entry
Thinking the evening climb of an active volcano sounded like a doddle could possibly be the biggest misjudgement I’ve ever made. Guatemala’s Volcano Pacaya is an ominous but twice daily visited natural wonder in a town called Antigua, that would ... Read more >
Tags: #2011writing, antigua, guatemala, pacaya, travel writing scholarship 2011, volcano
Mon, 18 May 2015 | By nomadicdron | Views [509]
It is said that a family is something we get when we are born, but friends are the ones we choose ourselves. From our childhood to the days of our old age; friends are the ones who go along with us in all our ups and downs in life. They know our deepest ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala volunteering, volunteer abroad, volunteering in guatemala
Sat, 15 Dec 2007 | By jillians | Photo Gallery
friole y arroz
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Sat, 11 Feb 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery
Mayan ruin in southeastern Guatemala
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Sun, 8 Mar 2015 | By cubannomad | Photo Gallery
This is a town 30 minutes from Antigua where I work as a volunteer at an after school program.
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