Destination: Guatemala
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Mon, 26 Mar 2007 | By alyssa_schwartz | Views [3825] | Comments [5]
It´s been pretty hectic these past few days but I have free internet at this hostel so I figured I should take advantage. I´ll go back a few days to run through everything that has happened in Guatemala so far... Our stay in Flores was brief but it ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Sun, 19 Feb 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1805]
"La Casa de Federico" is what I said to the driver as I got on the sardine-packed bus toward San Jose (in Guatemala, not Costa Rica). He knew precisely how to get there! Driving seemingly in a circle around Lake Peten it was pouring down ... Read more >
Tags: nature, organics, people
Thu, 27 Dec 2012 | By steve_and_emma | Views [1425]
They really do tempt you to be lazy over here and use the shuttle bus instead of jumping on the good old chicken buses. Considering it was Christmas Eve we decided to splash out ($10) as there was still a niggling worry that the buses would stop running ... Read more >
Mon, 25 Mar 2013 | By emsussman | Views [1089]
I have gotten lazy with writing so I have way too much to catch up on! I’m going to do one blog entry to write about the rest of the trips I have taken and I separate one to write about the last few weeks of my time in Antigua and at my orphanage.... Read more >
Fri, 1 Apr 2011 | By disorientednomad | Views [947]
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
Sat, 27 Oct 2012 | By beebatoz | Views [909]
Flores and Tikal, Guatemala
I caught the ferry from caye caulker to Belize city with a nice couple from Brisbane. They are also headed to Tikal so at least between the 3 of us we can work out how to get there!
Turns out we got ... 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
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, 20 Jun 2013 | By donkosarev | Views [607]
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
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 | By sheree | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 12 Oct 2010 | By mollyhowell | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I went to Guatemala on a mission trip and it was the most rewarding experience in my life. The children in the village captured my heart and I never wanted to leave. The people in the village we went to were so beautiful, and so was their way of life....
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Tags: #2010wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2010
Tue, 8 Aug 2006 | By shaz | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 1 May 2007 | By annabanana | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 5 Nov 2012 | By margitpirsch | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 18 Nov 2012 | By hcarson | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
A fellow from Ireland was telling me about his love of music. He described the feeling of playing on a guitar, how much it meant to him and inspired him.He asked “What's comparable for you?” My answer was simple,“cameras, photography”.What started off ...
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Tags: guatemala, photography, scholarship