Destination: Guatemala
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Tue, 21 Dec 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [2986]
After crossing the border into Guatemala we jumped on a bus heading towards the capital. The ride took longer than expected because we had to wait two hours in a small town to pick up new passengers. This meant we had all sorts of opportunities to ... Read more >
Tags: antigua, chichicastenango, coban, flores, lake atitlan, san pedro, santiago de atitlan, star wars, tikal, volcano pacaya
Tue, 25 Oct 2005 | By willlou | Views [1150]
Last week we left Antigua to spend a week or so in Honduras. We visited the Mayan ruins at Copan and had planned to head to the coast to stay on the Bay Islands. We had to cancel this trip as Hurricane Wilma brewed up and the coast was put on Hurricane ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 | By amil_patel | Views [1008] | Comments [1]
I started my voluntary work in Xela about 3 weeks ago which was pretty easy to find. A couple of people I know decided it would be a good idea to promise to replace a forest that got infected with some kind of disease. Instead of saying we would plant ... Read more >
Tags: volunteer work
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 | By kirstenroche | Views [962] | Comments [3]
So in the last few days, I managed to make it successfully with Anna to Antigua, Guatemala! We each got certified in scuba diving, our passport to the ocean! As of 3 days ago we can go anywhere in the world we want to to dive up to 100 feet down ... Read more >
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | By compassrose | Views [853]
“¡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
Fri, 12 Dec 2008 | By amil_patel | Views [824]
I´ve taken to going to Guatemalan football matches recently. It´s the exciting part of the season with the top six teams in the league playing a knock out cup competition to determine who will be champions. Most of my Guatemalan mates are football mad ... Read more >
Tags: football
Sat, 10 Nov 2007 | By laurahooker | Views [790] | Comments [6]
day after my birthday, and so much has happened since I last blogged... first, they are called the bay islands not the key islands.yes Im a bit of a dumbass. next, day of the dead was very interesting.above ground graves with families alternating between ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 | By priovolo | Views [732] | Comments [2]
So, here we are.. our last few days in, what seems to be, the mango and avocado capital of the world. We have consumed so many of the two that we find it hard to believe there are extras laying around. Currently in Flores (the north of the country), ... Read more >
Mon, 17 Mar 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [547]
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 >
Thu, 3 Apr 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [533]
Even though I was sad about it being my last weekend in Guatemala and the affordable trips to beautiful places were coming to an end, I was very excited to be finally heading to the one place that I had been waiting to go to since I arrived 6 weeks ago.... Read more >
Tue, 25 Feb 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [513]
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 >
Tue, 17 Feb 2009 | By alleen | Views [499] | Comments [3]
I need to do better about updating this blog. There is so much to say, but I’ll try
to find some brevity—who am I kidding?
There is nothing brief about talking to me or my writing! :)
Since my last blog, I’ve completed 2 and ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, hot springs, markets
Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By | Views [238] | Scholarship Entry
When shopping in exotic markets filled with colorful goods around the world, it’s often too easy to be swept up into the excitement of securing a bargain. Don’t get me wrong, in most markets haggling is customary, and indeed in some places vendors would ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013
Mon, 27 Oct 2014 | By alexmarkow | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I am a Miami, FL based photojournalist eager to continue to travel. Being able to explore new countries and engage with different people is what it is all about to me. I am so captivated and inspired when traveling and find my best photographs are captured ...
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Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship
Tue, 15 Mar 2011 | By angiel | Photo Gallery
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