 | Stories to come!
2008-03-30, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: lizlloyd | | I have been in Guatemala for 3 months now and I have been keeping another blog. I will be updating this with some of the stories that I have already written about. They will not be stamped with the co... |
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 | quetzaltrekkers
2007-08-06, quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: vorn | | stop in antigua for a night after a fun ride down from coban. saw some very suicidal uphill overtaking, usually from fully laden trucks. heard more english than spanish in antigua, and managed to pick... |
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 | So Joel is back in action...
2007-03-27, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: dinitick | | Joel is alive after being babied by everyone is a 5 block radius, he gives off this look after me sense when he's ill and everyone responds. anyhew,back to the books we go, sooo much espanol not enou... |
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| Back to school and a sick Joel
2007-03-26, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: dinitick | | So here I am, all by my lonesome in an internet cafe as Joel has contacted something, we think it might be altitude sickness as Xela is very high up in the mountains. I feel a little off but Joel is ... |
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 | The Lonely Journey
2002-09-15, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: hisern | | The Lonely Journey
Here is is-my last day in Guatemala. Sigh.I am very happy to be in my hotel in Guatemala city after an enduring bus ride here. The old man next to me kept falling asleep and putt... |
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 | Heidi and the Volcano
2002-09-04, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: hisern | | Since I arrived in Xela I had heard stories of Santa Maria Volcano. The climb was one of the hardest around but well worth it if you were able to make it to the top. From the peak you could see other ... |
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 | Salsa Mania
2002-08-27, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: hisern | | Hello all......
Over two weeks now...but isn´t it really two months?
My second week was one mixed with excitement and despair. On Tuesday night we (we= a group of aspiring gringo dancers, most of... |
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 | Arrival in Guate
2002-08-20, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: hisern | | Saludos a todos!!!
Hace mas que una semana que estoy aqui en Guatemala. It has been more than a week since I have been here in Guatemala. However, it feels more like a lifetime. Wasn't it years ago w... |
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 | fuentes georginas hotsprings
2006-02-06, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: justin | | we got groceries for our hotsprings trip and then had dinner at the central plaza sampling a variety of food from the street vendors. these mayan women were making doughnuts on the edge of the street ... |
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 | in xela
2006-02-05, QUETZALTENANGO, Guatemala. By: justin | | this place is acity twice the size as antigua. it is less touristie and more like a city full of people getting on....i only have 5 mins. we are doing good our luck and support is still strong. we di... |
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 | Spending my last night in Xela
2006-01-23, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: manana | | Had quite a busy day filled with all different kind of things to do.
In the evening I spend my last night together with Ben & Jess (USA) and Peter (NLD) at our beloved bar and tequila. Good!!!! |
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| No more sun for me...
2006-01-22, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: manana | | With a little hangover of last night we spend another nice day at the beach. But no more sun for me ehh. We left at three to go back to Quetzaltenango. Along the way we stopped to take some pictures o... |
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| Playa del Champerico
2006-01-21, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: manana | | After a week of Spanish you simply need a weekend of rest!!! [Statement 2a of Manana travels]. And so we did. Luca (ITA) who works at the Spanish school organised this trip to the beach and 26 people ... |
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| Last day of Spanish!!!
2006-01-20, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: manana | | Finally, what a lot of information... shortcuts in the brain. Got it all now... but there still is a lot to study. I think i will just have another tequila tonight... |
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| Hablo Español !!!
2006-01-17, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: manana | | The second day at Spanish school is over now and I must say I am really enjoying the classes. Julio, my maestro, is a very nice guy to work with and we do have a lot of fun during the day. I like to s... |
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 | Hot spring and my first lesson with maestro Julio
2006-01-16, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: manana | | Unless the many tequilas we had at Jeremy´s restaurant & café(Dutchman from Friesland!!!) I woke up at eight for the introduction of the Spanish school. I did felt a little hangover but after the intr... |
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| Spanish lessons!!!
2006-01-15, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: manana | | Well, here I am, in Quetelzenango! Nice town, not to beautiful or something but it seems to be travellers number uno!? I stay at the Don Diego hostel which is not far from the centre Plaza and found t... |
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 | On the road again...
2005-09-25, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: scottr128 | | Hi
Sorry that it has been so long since I have written but the Internet connection in Todos Santos wasn´t very good.
I´m now in a town called Quetzaltenango or Xela as it is called (pronounced C... |
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 | Our driver Pedro IS crazy!
2005-04-06, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: laurelsr | | Hello everyone!
Please pardon the spelling in the email, the keys stick and I do´not have the energy to edit it. Well we had Pedro as a driver for 3 days in a row. After he drove us from the lake... |
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| Hanging in there
2005-04-01, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: laurelsr | | Hi all,
We decided to go ahead with the tour that we had planned for today even though it mean getting back into the car. We visited the animal market in San Francisco el Alto, Saint Maximon in Zu... |
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| Our worst day yet!
2005-03-31, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: laurelsr | | I´ll start with the good news first-we arrived in Xela alive!
Now for the bad....First of all we parted ways with Barry in Panahachel after many tears last night! The kids and I had time for some ... |
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 | The country is on strike.
2004-06-09, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: juanjuanju | | Ok. Here is a quick update of the last couple of weeks. I am going to break them up into smaller sections and write less about each one instead of the super journals that had been appearing the last... |
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 | Protest in Xela
2004-06-09, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: spadilla03 | | Once again this city has put its tight hold on us and no one is going anywhere. Yes we are again stuck in the lovely city of Xela. As it turns out the people of Guatemala are not to pleased with the... |
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| Market Day
2004-06-07, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: spadilla03 | | Back in Xela again and nothing to do. Not really, this time we are traveling in as a group of gringos, and thats pretty sweet. In total there are about 10 of us. But within our group of gringos we ... |
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| Etc. Etc. Etc.
2004-05-29, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: juanjuanju | | After eating on Thursday night we headed back to our place and I was really hoping to take a shower. Every I try and hop in the shower, the water turns on for about 20 seconds and then after a couple... |
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| Last night in the city
2004-05-28, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: spadilla03 | | Saturday 28th 2004, Well today was our last day in xela before we start work with habitat for humantity. I cant say that I am sad about leaving the city, athough I do like it, its kinda expensive and... |
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| The Pink Fuffy One
2004-05-28, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: spadilla03 | | Not to much to tell today, like I said we are kinda just stuck in Xela till this habitat for humaintity comes around this Sunday. Still I will give you the little bit of an update that ILve got.
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| What to do?
2004-05-27, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: JuanJuanJu | | Ok. I had every intention of updating my journal yesterday. In fact, I even stopped up at the internet cafe and typed it almost all the way to the end only to find out that about twenty minutes earl... |
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| How many guatemalans can you fit in a mini bus
2004-05-25, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: spadilla03 | | Ok so my journals have been kinda cronologicaly messed up but its time to put it all on the right track. Basicly I have informed you all up untill sunday morning. Today is Tuesday and in addition to... |
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| Little America
2004-05-25, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: juanjuanju | | Today is Tuesday the 25th of May. I am going to give you a run down of what happened over this weekend and then tomorrow I will do Monday and today and by Thursday I will be completely caught up! En... |
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| Death of a Mayan
2004-05-22, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: spadilla03 | | the dorm and a few people standing and talking. Getting past them was kinda tough for me... and then it happened.
It was a complete accident and I didnt realize that I had done it untill I heard t... |
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 | The Pictures Speak for Themselves
2004-02-27, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: mcl_sarah | | the cemetary was the most colorful, vivacious, and living place i´ve been to since coming to xela. ironic, since it´s the place where one puts dead people. the graves were all above ground, a concept ... |
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 | Carnival experience
2004-02-28, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: mcl_sarah | | so the country fair came to xela this week, complete with everything from a faris wheel powered by a partially disasembeled model T ford to the typical and ever beloved fried dough. though, in typica... |
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| Full Moon Volcano Hike
2004-01-16, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: mcl_sarah | | We left for the hike around 11:30 pm with a beautiful full moon shining. hiking the volcano was definitely the most difficult hike i´ve ever done in my life. about 100 times harder than anything on th... |
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| My First Impressions of Xela
2004-02-06, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: mcl_sarah | | ¡Hóla de Guatemala y buenos diás a los todos!
Hello from Guatemala and greetings to all of you!
As most of you already know, i´ve just arrived in guatemala to spend the next four months studyi... |
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 | The Day of the Dead and other reflections
2003-11-02, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: jmjourney | | We walked up to the cemetary on Saturday for the
Guatemalan version of The Day of the Dead and wow.
wow. wow. food, kites, and flowers EVERYWHERE. There
is no way to explain how beautiful the tombs... |
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| Fuentes Georginas y Mayan Ceremonies
2003-10-02, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: jmjourney | | As we conclude two weeks of studying Spanish, I feel there is more in my class notebook than in my head and I'm working on transfering the knowlege upwards!
The school is offering some great activ... |
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| Finally in Xela!
2003-09-24, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. By: jmjourney | | We have made it to Quetzaltenango (Xela), Guatemala and we are studying spanish. It was a 8 hour bus ride from Guatemala city on the primero clase bus. But after the driver made random stops and picke... |
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