 | Semana Santa #2
2008-03-22, Antigua, Guatemala. By: letlozz | | I apologise for this being of the same subject as the last blog, but that really has been the only thing happening here this week. Thursday night and Friday day time were the most manic, with the loca... |
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| Semana Santa
2008-03-16, Antigua, Guatemala. By: letlozz | | Ive had a very chilled week just hanging out in Antigua... its a good towqn for just sitting in parks and watching the world go by, much as the locals do. Next week is (obviously) Easter week... Seman... |
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| Daily life...
2008-03-10, Antigua, Guatemala. By: letlozz | | hey everyone, thought id let you know how im getting on. Everything going pretty well, ive got to know the town now, and its lovely, it feels nice and safe (touch wood) and everyone is very friendly. ... |
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 | Happy birthday to me!
2008-03-02, Antigua, Guatemala. By: mira | | Well it really wasn´t such a happy birthday. Yesterday, 20mins before I was suposed to go for our final group dinner on this leg of the trip and my birthday party I got full blowen case of food poison... |
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| arrivals...
2008-02-29, Antigua, Guatemala. By: letlozz | | Wow, my first real entry! Ill try to keep these to a minimum, cos i think i'll end up writing every day otherwise, which gets quite irritating. It still hasnt sunk in im on the other side of the world... |
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 | Escape from Rio Dulce
2008-02-27, Antigua, Guatemala. By: mira | | I would like to say, first off, this is not as dramatic as some people with wild imaginations may make it out to be (mum this is directed at you).
Usual departure from Rio Dulce would be 9-9:30am b... |
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 | Antigua
2008-08-06, Antigua, Guatemala. By: christykai | | After spending time all over Alta Ver Paz we headed back to Antigua. |
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 | Back in Antigua AGAIN
2008-01-12, Antigua, Guatemala. By: shannyn | | I ran out of money so I had to leave Semuc Champey. There's no banks or ATMs out there. But I ran into some friends from the tour in Antigua and hung out with them. Booked a bus to San Marcos for the ... |
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| End tour
2008-01-07, Antigua, Guatemala. By: shannyn | | A very sad day indeed. I really miss the tour group. Today we mostly hung around town, went to the markets and spent too much money and I learned how to play chess. Next day I went to the piercing sho... |
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| On the road again
2008-01-02, Antigua, Guatemala. By: shannyn | | We spent most of Wednesday on the road to Antigua. It´s such a cute little town, full of fun cafes and shops and looks like a little European town. The hotel is amazing again. Then Andrew was jokingl... |
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 | Last week in Antigua
2007-11-10, Antigua, Guatemala. By: cbr600f | | Well we´ve finished our last house and done 2 days on the 100th house for the project. A new group of volunteers will finish that one ... and frankly good luck to them, it was a nightmare site, on a h... |
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 | Motorbikes and a mugging
2007-11-04, Antigua, Guatemala. By: cbr600f | | Well, I've been mugged, it had to happen sometime I suppose and I'm absolutely fine, a bit annoyed more than anything else. It also involved having a gun pointing at me which is a new experience. Mind... |
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 | Fourth week bits and pieces
2007-10-27, Antigua, Guatemala. By: cbr600f | | Well, nearly finished my fourth week here. At the end of this week Karen, Steve, Michelle and Jo all leave and I´ll miss them. I´ve still got weeks left but it´s going to be weird without them.
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 | A near search and rescue incident !!
2007-10-17, Antigua, Guatemala. By: cbr600f | | Last Wednesday we had the day off due to the lads taking the day to move the tools to the new site. We jumped at the chance to take a tour up Volcano Pacaya, we´d heard so many rave reviews ... ¨You c... |
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 | Rainy Season has really hit !
2007-10-14, Antigua, Guatemala. By: cbr600f | | At the end of my second week here and wow the weather has really changed - low clouds and lots of rain ! Work on our second house has been so much easier though because the father of the family who we... |
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 | Lago Atitlan
2007-10-13, Antigua, Guatemala. By: cbr600f | | Last weekend we all headed off to lake Atitlan, a 3 hour bus journey (thank god we "chickened out" of the chicken bus, would have taken about 5 bone crunching hours !
The lake is surrounded by 3 vo... |
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 | First week housebuilding
2007-10-05, Antigua, Guatemala. By: cbr600f | | Wow, what a week ! Before I start my punctuation may be a bit lacking, these foreign keyboards are a mare !!
Well, we´ve finished our first house. I´ve been teamed up with Karen and Steve who only ... |
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| Well I´m here at last !!
2007-10-02, Antigua, Guatemala. By: cbr600f | | After about 2 years of planning and organising this thing I´m actually here in Guatemala - cant quite believe it. ...... !!
Arrived in on Sunday evening here in Antigua (not to be confused with the... |
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 | Postcard from San Antonio Aguascalientes
2006-11-04, Antigua, Guatemala. By: VernonC | | I climb the dusty road uphill from town with a man named Candido. Among the tin roofs below he points out a well-built house with a swimming pool for daytrippers from the capital. As the road reach... |
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 | With a broken heart
2006-08-07, Antigua, Guatemala. By: ellamae | | January 19, 2007
Statement from Paul H. Sutherland, Chairman of the Board
Dear Friends and Supporters of Safe Passage:
It is my very sad duty to let you know that we have lost the visionary
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 | Blind Corners, Blind Nights
2006-08-23, Antigua, Guatemala. By: david2004 | | After sheepishly arriving in Guatemala city I took a micro shuttle straight to the colonial town of Antigua. A beautiful cobblestone city surrounding by three volcanos, Antigua is a mecca for backpack... |
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| Final report
2006-08-07, Antigua, Guatemala. By: ellamae | | Well, here I am with less than 24 hours until I am flying my way back to Canadian soil. I kinda feel numb about it all. I am excited to see everyone back home again but I am very hollow at the thoug... |
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 | Contact info and a request
2006-05-28, Antigua, Guatemala. By: ellamae | | Hola,
I sent this out via email to some of you but I figured I´d also put up a more permanent copy of my contact info too. I have a request for all of you - I have a little photo album with some pi... |
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| Of sunburns, skies and espanol
2006-05-28, Antigua, Guatemala. By: ellamae | | Hola from Guatemala!
Hard tobelieve I have only been here for a few days now. Its amazing how quickly one settles into a new rhythm of life, and I assure you ' the rhythm here is quite different f... |
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 | Safe Landing
2006-05-25, Antigua, Guatemala. By: ellamae | | This note will be short, since I have very little to share of interest thus far. It will suffice to say I arrived safe and sound and am currently wandering the streets of Antigua soaking in the archi... |
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