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Thu, 4 Feb 2010 | By elawlor | Views [1054] | 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
Fri, 1 Apr 2011 | By disorientednomad | Views [929]
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
Wed, 11 Jul 2007 | By thorn | Views [638] | Comments [1]
Yesterday we crossed the border into Guatemala. After a 4 hour air conditioned bus ride (with a movie in English for once), we went through customs and made our way across the border. Guatemala is very different to Mexico. The most obvious difference ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Fri, 26 Oct 2007 | By laurahooker | Views [558] | Comments [1]
Well babies, I´m here in Guatemala in the amazingly beautiful colonial town of Antigua. Its hard to describe how truly gorgeous this place is. Huge stone churches, cobblestone streets, and mountains surrounding as far as the eye can see (ethereal mist ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sat, 19 Feb 2011 | By | Views [520] | Scholarship Entry
Thinking the evening climb of an active volcano sounded like a doddle could possibly be the biggest misjudgement I’ve ever made. Guatemala’s Volcano Pacaya is an ominous but twice daily visited natural wonder in a town called Antigua, that would ... Read more >
Tags: #2011writing, antigua, guatemala, pacaya, travel writing scholarship 2011, volcano
Mon, 1 Sep 2008 | By blue | Views [407]
Antigua is a beautiful city...though a bit of a harrowing drive in a minibus. When we got to the Guatemalan border a French couple forgot their passports?! We waited at the border for them to be driven back to Copan. Luckily it is only 30 minutes away.... Read more >
Tue, 13 Oct 2009 | By para | Photo Gallery
Guati!
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Mon, 15 Dec 2008 | By amil_patel | Photo Gallery
Photos from the reforestation project that I´m helpling with
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Tue, 25 Mar 2008 | By aprillabbe | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 2 Dec 2008 | By amil_patel | Photo Gallery
Photos from various excursions around Xela
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Sun, 24 Jun 2007 | By alyssa_schwartz | Photo Gallery
Markets, ruins and the glorious Lago de Atitlan
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Fri, 15 Nov 2013 | By mearle | Photo Gallery
Backpacking through Guatemala
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Mon, 24 Nov 2014 | By enilorac | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
My name is Caroline. I grew up in an environment that helped me to feel free. Thanks to this very free childhood, I am nowadays very curious and I love to think about all the possibles. I love to organize small expeditions when I travel for exemple and ...
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Tags: 2014 travel photography scholarship
Sun, 2 May 2010 | By jahson4 | 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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