Destination: Guatemala

Semuc Champey

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [2062]

I rise up this morning to take a test of my true adventureness! Whilst El Retiro boasts a beautiful setting, I regret staying here. They're nice enough to let me store my bag as I stuck 50 quetzales (price of admission to Semuc Champey) in my pocket.... Read more >

Tags: water

perfect day so far!

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 | By moley | Views [1289] | Comments [1]

In a small wee town called Flores Gautemala. Yesterday Jo and I decided to swim in the lake outside the hotel. We sat in the water which was teeming with fish and looked across the further bank. It was beautiful, the sun was shining and we were in ... Read more >

Tags: Laughter

Just Me and Dad in Guatemala

Fri, 1 Apr 2011 | By disorientednomad | Views [913]

  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

pacha mamma we're coming home

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 | By liliwanderlust | Views [822]

i met joe or crazy horse in puerto morelos, mexico. he was dubbed little bear by the mayan sage, he had met in los angeles 7 years ago. an ancient mayan - one from a higher dimension, with the ability to know past and future and apparate with a body ... Read more >

all dressed up and nowhere to go

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 | By ghostofkrystenpast | Views [813]

I´m not really sure that that title has anything to do with this entry, except maybe for the fact that I´m not sure that this entry is actually going anywhere. Basically I´m bored and have nothing better to do than sit here and ramble for a little while.... Read more >

Tags: Culture

First week in San Pedro - Esceula de Español

Sun, 8 Aug 2010 | By kalamina | Views [584]

All I have to say is that San Pedro is amazing!! It is so nice to wake up every day to a beautiful view, knowing that you get to spend the morning learning Spanish and waste away the afternoon drinking licuados and trying to do Spanish homework while ... Read more >

A Love Beyond Normality

Sat, 5 Sep 2015 | By tomcan | Views [583] | 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

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

Mon, 17 Mar 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [533]

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 >

This is why Volunteering in Guatemala with your best friend is a good idea

Mon, 18 May 2015 | By nomadicdron | Views [500]

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

First Impressions

Tue, 25 Feb 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [493]

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 >

Gallery: Guate Guate!

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 | By jillians | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Guate-amala

Mon, 7 Aug 2006 | By anita | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Rio Dulce/Livingston

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 | By pen-eddie | Photo Gallery

Photos: Guatemala

Fri, 4 Feb 2011 | By dschneider87888 | Photo Gallery

A trip to Lake Atitlan and the Mystical Yoga Farm

Mon, 27 Oct 2014 | By alexmarkow | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship