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Sat, 21 Feb 2009 | By amil_patel | Views [9450]
I thought I should write a little entry about how I spent my birthday here in Xela (Guatemala). Guatemalans seem to celebrate birthdays with more "rigour" than I typically would in England. My birthday party seemed to last 3 days - not that ... Read more >
Tags: birthday celebrations
Thu, 4 Feb 2010 | By elawlor | Views [1079] | 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
Thu, 27 Mar 2008 | By anita | Views [889]
I spent last week (Holy Week) observing the processions that are so prominent in Guatemala City the week before Easter. I didn't get to write about it so much, but I have these photos as a sort of photo-journal, with fun & interesting captions.... Read more >
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | By compassrose | Views [860]
“¡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
Sun, 28 Jul 2013 | By donkosarev | Views [825]
Monterrico is a town on the coast of the Atlantic coast with black sand. That is as much as I knew before I decided to head over there for the weekend immediately following the conclusion of the San Mateo construction project. I had images of hammocks, ... Read more >
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 | By elawlor | Views [771] | 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 >
Thu, 4 Jan 2007 | By ghostofkrystenpast | Views [753]
Just a quick note to let everyone know I'm ok. Still setteling in, will write more soon. Arrived yesterday to the beautiful sights and sounds that are Guatemala. The scenery is breathtaking. I am staying with the Morelas family. They ... Read more >
Tags: Lost!
Tue, 23 Oct 2012 | By hcr64 | Views [484]
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 >
Wed, 9 Jul 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [372]
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 >
Tue, 25 Mar 2008 | By aprillabbe | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 2 May 2009 | By tom_moench | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 15 Jul 2009 | By mazystar | Photo Gallery
Guatemala City and Antigua
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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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Mon, 7 Nov 2011 | By anrea | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I am passionate about other cultures and social concerns. Photography is an excellent tool for exploring these themes and a way of educating others about them. I love telling stories through photography and how it can bring faraway worlds and the lives ...
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Tags: #2011wnphoto, Travel Photography Scholarship 2011
Wed, 10 Sep 2008 | By seths-pad | Photo Gallery
Guatemala
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