Destination: Guatemala

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perfect day so far!

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 | By moley | Views [1300] | 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

recent adventures

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 | By elawlor | Views [1067] | Comments [2]

I am currently living with a family in Xela and studying at a language school here just for a week since the mountain school was full this week. I have been studying 5 hours each afternoon with my teacher and have taken up coffee-drinking since I found ... Read more >

Tags: trekking

Just Me and Dad in Guatemala

Fri, 1 Apr 2011 | By disorientednomad | Views [933]

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

Psychedelic souls and sky giants

Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | By compassrose | Views [848]

“¡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

A Love Beyond Normality

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

First Impressions

Tue, 25 Feb 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [510]

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 >

T2C--The Hill Behind Our House

Sat, 2 May 2009 | By tom_moench | Views [366]

For some more T2C training I took on this hillside behind our house but I don't know what it is called. From what I could pick up it is probably around 8,000 ft at the top and overlooks Xela at 7,500 feet below. For my birthday Mateo took me up it, ... Read more >

Commando at Christmas.

Tue, 19 May 2015 | By | Views [288] | Scholarship Entry

9 o'clock,Christmas Day. The world slumps, soporific into sofas strewn with wrapping paper, the presents opened, the food consumed the merriment over for another year. But in a hostel tucked in the outskirts of Antigua, I sat accompanied by Steve from ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship