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Viajando en moto por Latinoamérica. 10º país: GUATEMALA

Tue, 4 Dec 2012 | By loloberlin | Views [2435]

Martes 11 de septiembre. Del lado de Guatemala a mí me pidieron por primera vez la constancia de vacunación contra fiebre amarilla . Menos mal que la tenía sino hubiera tenido que pagar lo que creo estaban buscando que es un billete ... Read more >

Semuc Champey

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [2066]

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

Ah... the joys of travel

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 | By pen-eddie | Views [1892] | Comments [1]

We had a bit of an adventure getting to Flores, the place from which we planned to visit the ruins of Tikal in Guatemala´s north. When we were in Antigua, we booked ourselves a bus ticket from Antigua to Flores, we later realised that we would need to ... Read more >

Tags: I should have known better!

Not Such a Sweet Time on the Rio Dulce

Wed, 2 Jan 2013 | By steve_and_emma | Views [1414]

It would have been all too easy to lounge around in San Pedro La Laguna for another day but fortunately we’d already bought our shuttle tickets.  There was no way we were going to waste Q180 a head so we were up, packed and at the tour office ... Read more >

perfect day so far!

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 | By moley | Views [1293] | 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 [923]

  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

Guatemala - Week 12

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 | By hellie_and_bracey | Views [920]

Our Sunday morning lie-in was rudely truncated on 7th Dec by the sounds of firecrackers and music coming from the streets of Antigua. I should just mention at this point that noises such as these are by no means unusual in Central America. Almost everywhere ... Read more >

Psychedelic souls and sky giants

Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | By compassrose | Views [835]

“¡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

Hot Rocks and Green Bellies

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 | By elbo_mozza | Views [745]

I made it to Guatemala having previously decided not to come because of horror stories regarding the gang crime and violent attacks on buses.  So far so good, even travelled through Guatemala City which is big and dirty but looks quite interesting. ... Read more >

First week in San Pedro - Esceula de Español

Sun, 8 Aug 2010 | By kalamina | Views [591]

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 >

Central America 4 borders to go

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 | By tpara | Views [520] | Comments [3]

I left Comitan early to try and make the frontier with Guatemala early. A light drizzle was falling and the traffic was light and amazingly i got myself out of townwithout a U turn. As i topped a rise Guatemala stretched before me green fields with volcanoes ... Read more >

Gallery: Lago Atitlan, Guatemala

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 | By joealotto13 | Photo Gallery


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Photos: Guatemala

Fri, 15 Nov 2013 | By mearle | Photo Gallery

Backpacking through Guatemala
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Photos: Guatemala 2014

Mon, 1 Sep 2014 | By dannygoesdiving | Photo Gallery


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Photos: The Sanchez Valdes family

Wed, 4 Mar 2015 | By cubannomad | Photo Gallery

I met Vilma and her family 3 years ago. We got together again Tuesday
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