Destination: Guatemala
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Tue, 20 Jul 2010 | By sobrea | Views [746]
We flew into Guatemala last night. There was a man waiting outside the airport with a sign with Brett´s name on it to help us find our ride to the hostel. Brett loved having his name on a sign. Right away I realized how rusty my Spanish was while trying ... Read more >
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 | By elawlor | Views [731] | 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 >
Fri, 1 Feb 2008 | By johnbmullen | Views [604]
We arrived in Antigua on Monday. Having a great time visiting different ethnic (Mayan) restaurants and small shops. We hiked Vulcan Pacaya yesterday and ate a traditional Mayan dinner last night. Today we toured a old monastery that was converted into ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Wed, 8 Sep 2010 | By kalamina | Views [496]
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 >
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 | By eurocharles | Views [479]
After deciding which Eurail ticket to buy, i finally chose the Global Pass for 10 Days in 2 months. Yes, i will have to buy another one later. Anyway, the thing the surprised me was the speed of delivery. I just bought this thing on July 3 and today ... Read more >
Tue, 23 Oct 2012 | By hcr64 | Views [454]
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 >
Sat, 16 Aug 2014 | By emilybou | Views [415] | Video | Scholarship Entry
I have loved films since I can remember, my dad and I used to (still do) watch Alien marathons and the horror channel all weekend. From this I have loved filming, I use mostly a GoPro and whilst sometimes I get carried away with having fun rather than ... Read more >
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Wed, 9 Jul 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [357]
Today was another long transit day with three buses and road border crossings into Guatemala from Mexico.
We made it safe & sound to the quiet mountain transit town of Quetzaltenango or Xela as the locals call it.
Whilst the road trip was a ... Read more >
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By | Views [311] | Scholarship Entry
On my first day in Guatemala, I was surprised and somewhat embarrassed by my utter fascination with the indigenous Mayan population in the country. I was constantly (and ignorantly) eavesdropping on conversations in the local languages. Attempting to ... Read more >
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Sat, 15 Dec 2007 | By jillians | Photo Gallery
friole y arroz
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Thu, 20 May 2010 | By hpmoon | Photo Gallery
Volcán Pacaya is an active volcano in the Escuintla department of Guatemala nearby Antigua and Guatemala City. Though the volcano had been dormant for over a century, it erupted in 1965 and hasn't stopped since. As recently as 2006, increased eruptions ...
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Wed, 11 May 2011 | By elis82 | Photo Gallery
A touch of the hiking and backpacking goodness that is the Guatemalan highlands. Also San Cristobal de las Casas in Southern Mexico
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Wed, 13 Jul 2011 | By kymp76 | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 24 Nov 2011 | By aptyson | Photo Gallery
Guatemala
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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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