Destination: Guatemala

Lago de Atitlan, Volcan Pacaya and Antigua

Tue, 7 Jul 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [3845]

Xela to Lago de Atitlan, our overland trekking adventure. Rina and Lior our fearless guides from Quetzaltrekkers, led us over the mountains, past a highland town called 'Alaska', through cloud forests, past highland villages, past treacherous landslides, ... Read more >

Tags: colonial towns, guatemala, trekking, volcanoes

Tikal'd Pink

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [2982]

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

Lago Atitlan - check out the vibes, man.

Fri, 3 Apr 2009 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [2216]

After surviving Pacaya, we booked a tourist microvan to Panajachel on the shores of Lago Atitlan.  A thankfully uneventful journey, although I did marvel at the way that the Guatamalans appeared to be in the process of blasting away a good proportion ... Read more >

Tags: chichicastenango, lago atitlan, panajachel, san marcos, san pedro

Crossing the Atlantic: Adios Espana, Hola Guatemala!

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1203]

Up early, a last Starbuck's in hand, nearly now a memory from the developed world, and a last minute push to get an untested website up and running.  Despite heroic efforts all night and early morning, as Darrin reluctantly admitted, never launch untested ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Honduras and Lago de Atitlan

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 | By willlou | Views [1148]

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

recent adventures

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 | By elawlor | Views [1072] | 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

guatemala, a country of coincidences

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 | By ladyd | Views [951]

I honestly can´t believe I have been here in Guatemala for only two days. It feels like a lifetime ago that I left West 4th Street for LaGuardia. My time here so far has been split between the colonial city of Antigua and currently in what they call ... Read more >

Psychedelic souls and sky giants

Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | By compassrose | Views [852]

“¡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

la escuala de la montana

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 | By elawlor | Views [759] | 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 >

Guatemala Adventures

Fri, 1 Feb 2008 | By johnbmullen | Views [620]

We arrived in Antigua on Monday. Having a great time visiting different ethnic (Mayan) restaurants and small shops. We hiked Vulcan Pacaya yesterday and ate a traditional Mayan dinner last night. Today we toured a old monastery that was converted into ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

This is why Volunteering in Guatemala with your best friend is a good idea

Mon, 18 May 2015 | By nomadicdron | Views [511]

It is said that a family is something we get when we are born, but friends are the ones we choose ourselves. From our childhood to the days of our old age; friends are the ones who go along with us in all our ups and downs in life. They know our deepest ... Read more >

Tags: guatemala volunteering, volunteer abroad, volunteering in guatemala

ojala/baul 2

Sun, 1 Feb 2009 | By soyeldustin | Views [509] | Comments [1]

1-30 Woke up to an awesome breakfast. I figure I should say something about it. We usually have mosh (hot milk+cornflakes) with a fried egg, toast and sometimes either a steamed plantain or black beans. And coffee. lots of coffee. Its been a big change ... Read more >

Gallery: Guate Guate!

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 | By jillians | Photo Gallery

Photos: Guatemala

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 | By jambopablo | Photo Gallery

A trip to Lake Atitlan and the Mystical Yoga Farm

Mon, 27 Oct 2014 | By alexmarkow | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship