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- Guatemala
- Capital
- Quetzal (GTQ)
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- 12,974,361
- Population
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Chisec Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Chisec, Guatemala
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The Trek
... first leg of the journey squeezed with sixteen other people into a 12 person van leaving Cantabal. The driver had flipped up his shirt Guatemala-style to reveal his belly, and it gleamed like a manatee as we bounced up and down the rocky trail. On the ...
Zentralguatemala
... war allerdings geprägt von logistischen Herausforderungen. Alleine schon das Umsteigen an einem Busbahnhof auf dem Weg nach Chisec erforderte viel innere Ruhe. Der Busbahnhof war nichts weiter als ein matschiger, kleiner Platz, der vollgestopft war mit ...
post Rio
a lot to remember.... carlos and tanya and turtles and quod bikes and copulating turtles and accidents and relocating and tagging and birds with sandra erik and Fidencio and that crocodile and the certificates and the whole thing really it felt ...
Santa Maria Tzeja
... introduces me to E, who is one of the main witnesses in the genocide case against the former military high command in Guatemala. He is also the regional representative of the AJR (Associación para Justicia y Reconciliación) an organization made up of ...
6 hours turned 2 days
I was told that the ride from Antigua to Flores would be 5-6 hours. It took me 2 days, here is why. There weren't any signs so I had to ask people. I realized that most people don't know anything. They don't know what maps are, they don't know what town ...
Paradise all over again!
... (maybe on the way home?) and would suggest that anyone looking for an eye-opening and totally fantastic adventure try out Guatemala as an unconventional vacation destination -- they´ve got it all! Lots of love and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! Kendra ´n Aaron ...
Raxruja - Trapped by the rising rivers
Heading south today has been a little more difficult than expected but good fun all the same. A tropical storm has passed nearby which has meant extra rainfall in the region. Our chicken bus was halted by a river that had burst it´s banks and ...
Rivers, bats, bugs and waterfalls...
... town called El Estor, which was a couple of hours West of Rio Dulce and lay right on the edge of the biggest lake in Guatemala, Lago Izabal. I had been told that there was no real tourist presence in the town, and I was keen to get away from the throngs ...
A cave, a candle and no public liabilty...sweet!
... pick-up truck, complete with seatbelts, about as widely used as contraception in Central America. El Retiro was classic Guatemala, Palapa buildings overlooking green fields with the coolest river winding its way along the valley floor. And did I ...
Blimey
... street dusty town straight out of Deadwood - more dead dogs and only one hotel (no hot water, still being built), we thought Guatemala was supposed to be lush and tropical. Actually it a mile down the road we discovered the lush and tropical ...
Muchos kilómetros a pié y todos valieron la pena!
Salimos de Playa Grande con dirección a la Laguna Lachuá, una reserva natural que Poli aseguraba es del o más bonito de por ahí. Llegando al poblado de San "Alguien" (no los quiero balconear, además que no recuerdo), encontramos la carretera ...
Best place ever!
Where do i start? i LOVE Chisec! I can start with our turbulent journey to the place. We started off to find the bus station, and it was situated in a marked. So of course we had to check out the marked! It turned out to be quite a big marked, and then ...
Petit coin de paradis dans la jungle
Le matin avant de partir pour la Laguna Lachua, je retourne au resto pour prendre le petit déj. Le serveur est toujours là et tout aussi avenant que la veille. Je lui redemande donc quelques précisions et notamment où est exactement l'hôtel par ...
<>Bus accidents, bankcards, and grassy frontyards>
... on muddy roads, speeding chicken buses, and blind pases on curvy moutain roads. But alas, I’m thankful to be in Guatemala, to have wonderful parents to support me through every single tribulation, and most simply: to be alive. Thanks ...
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