Destination: Guatemala
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Mon, 20 Feb 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [2062]
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
Sun, 5 Jun 2011 | By elis82 | Views [1610]
We enjoyed San Pedro la Laguna and were learning so much Spanish, we decided another week was in order. It was a great time – our host family excellent, the location relaxing and idyllic, we met some new friends, it felt like home (that there were ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, ruins, volcanoes
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 | By kirstenroche | Views [945] | 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 [833]
“¡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
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, 27 Jun 2008 | By kathrynandruben | Views [704]
So, from Mexico we headed down to Belize. Contrary to everyone's advice, we weren't going to stay out on the cayes of Belize. Kathryn had spent half our money already on guacamole and chips in Mexico. After just one night in Belize city we made for the ... Read more >
Thu, 20 Jun 2013 | By donkosarev | Views [577]
Since writing a blog for my trip for my summer 2013 trip was a challenge I set for myself since the day I started planning the trip itself, I have finally began. Not in the best of circumstances admittedly, since walking in the gushing rain that is frequent ... Read more >
Tags: start
Tue, 25 Feb 2014 | By alyssa730 | Views [493]
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 >
Sun, 17 May 2009 | By tom_moench | Views [371]
It was time to bid Xela "adios" and begin my transition back to the states with my daughter. We decided to make Antigua our final port of call. Trinis and Daniel were so very kind to save us the hot, hour long walk across town to the Minerva ... Read more >
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By brianalexandercary | Views [347]
Sat, 9 May 2009 | By tom_moench | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 | By lounloz | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 2 May 2010 | By jahson4 | Photo Gallery
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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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Fri, 4 Feb 2011 | By dschneider87888 | Photo Gallery
Fishing trip with my brother and friends
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