Destination: Guatemala
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Tue, 7 Jul 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [3836]
Xela to Lago de Atitlan, our overland trekking adventure. Rina and Lior our fearless guides from Quetzaltrekkers, led us over the mountains, past a highland town called 'Alaska', through cloud forests, past highland villages, past treacherous landslides, ... Read more >
Tags: colonial towns, guatemala, trekking, volcanoes
Wed, 24 Apr 2013 | By coggos | Views [2278]
Semana Santa - Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras revisited.
It was a culture shock to return to Cancun after 3.5 weeks in Cuba but lovely to see Tamara before she returned to Australia. Finally went to the beach which is really an amazing ... Read more >
Tags: antigua, cenotes, chichen itza, guatemala, honduras, merida, mexico, semana santa, vallodolid
Mon, 17 Dec 2007 | By connieandjohn | Views [1940]
Now we know why few people bring a car into Central America. Even before we reached the border between Mexico and Guatemala we picked up a guide. He and his son directed us to follow their motorcycle then handled our exit from Mexico and the ... Read more >
Tags: People
Fri, 1 Apr 2011 | By disorientednomad | Views [934]
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
Fri, 4 Jan 2013 | By emsussman | Views [858] | Comments [2]
Hola, from Guatemala City! I have been in Guatemala for almost 2 weeks now, and so far it has been incredible! After waking up at 3:00 AM, spending a layover in Houston chatting with a very friendly Guatemalan family, I finally arrived in ... Read more >
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | By compassrose | Views [851]
“¡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
Mon, 11 May 2009 | By tom_moench | Views [611] | Video
I took this little video starting with the view north with some of my "compañeros de alpinista" and then east and south to show Santa Maria in the distance.
Tags: tajumulco, volcano
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 | By donkosarev | Views [577]
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 >
Tue, 25 Feb 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [511]
This country is beautiful!! The weather has been amazing so far and the landscape of Antigua is breathtaking! When I first arrived, I was taken here to Maximo Nivel to check in, and then brought to my "homestay"...I was under the impression that I would ... Read more >
Fri, 8 Aug 2008 | By rarakaki | Views [443] | Comments [2]
We're a family of 4 traveling through Guatemala and Belize. This is my first venture into the "open" internet, curious to see how it works. Note to friends and family: anyone can read these stories, see these photos, and read your comments.... Read more >
Sun, 17 May 2009 | By tom_moench | Views [389]
It was time to bid Xela "adios" and begin my transition back to the states with my daughter. We decided to make Antigua our final port of call. Trinis and Daniel were so very kind to save us the hot, hour long walk across town to the Minerva ... Read more >
Tue, 13 Oct 2009 | By para | Photo Gallery
Guati!
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Tue, 12 Oct 2010 | By mollyhowell | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I went to Guatemala on a mission trip and it was the most rewarding experience in my life. The children in the village captured my heart and I never wanted to leave. The people in the village we went to were so beautiful, and so was their way of life....
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Tags: #2010wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2010
Fri, 5 Jul 2013 | By | 
Flickr Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I don't think anyone jumps from regular person to world citizen quite like a transracial adoptee. From the time I was born to an indigenous woman in Guatemala though my upbringing in an Irish-American family, I grew up with the task of learning to walk ...
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2013
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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