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- Guatemala
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- Quetzal (GTQ)
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Travel Blogs from Antigua, Guatemala
Volcan de Pacaya
... stunning. Today I took a 1pm shuttle and traveled to Volcan de Pacaya, which is an erupting volcano just outside of Antigua. Traveling with me were a couple from Holland, 3 younger Germans, and our Spanish speaking guide who carried a machete by his ...
Thank god it's over!
... at home that my niece loves! So I had to get it for her... Tomorrow we are calling our friends in Guatemala (the ones we met going through Rio Dulce that gave us the ride to GC) and we will be spending Christmas with them! So I ...
Hola Guatemala!
... we headed back to the airport. 30 minutes of flying time (with 6 of us being bumped up to business class), we landed in Guatemala City. We were picked up by Rudy and after stocking up on some Guatemalan chocolate, we arrived in San Lucas. We ...
Arrival in Antigua - The Trip Begins!
... out that I only had a hotel room for one night because they lost my booking or something, I don't really know. Antigua seems a lovely city, most things centered around or near the main plaza square in the centre, everything about 15 mins walk ...
Colonial Town and Local Village Tour
... , Alex, whose dumping a lot of rain here, we´ve been having a great time. Yesterday we took a tour of Antigua, for 4 and a half hours and visited many churches, convents, monestaries and other local monuments. We had an excellent private tour ...
Antigua, Guatemala
... čit. Člověk jen musí vědět, kam jít. Pravda, do Antiguy se sjíždí všichni, i ta smetánka z Guatemala City a movití zahraniční turisté, takže všechny restaurace a kavárny ve městě jsou na ...
family, culture, and the church
HOLA. i wonder how many of you guys will be reading this now that i´m not sending emails.. hmm.. lol anyway, as usual much has happened, and not enough time to write about it all, so i´m going to try to divide it into subjects the best i can.. ...
I'm in love with this town
Luci served fruit for breakfast. Oranges, bananas and other type fruits, some of which I have never seen before. All wonderful! I then went to my 2nd day of class and studied more with my teacher, Sara. I really like her. I hope to take and post a ...
Farvel Antigua
... Rica i en uges tid. Det er helt underligt at vaere de eneste tilbage. Tingene har virkelig forandret sig de sidste par uger. Antigua bliver helt klart anderledes efter vi er taget afsted. Danskerne har faaet skabt sig noget af et ry....alle i byen lader ...
Antigua and Volan Pacaya
... in a while like cappucinos & beauty salons (very important at this stage of the trip!) Climbed a volcano an hour from Antigua called Pacaya, which was definitely the closest I have ever been to lava...no problems letting hundreds of goofy westerners ...
I Mayaenes fotspor
... og vi har tenkt aa legge sjela i aa laere oss spraaket. Loekke tell, som det heter. Vi fikk forresten salsakurs paa kjoepet:) Antigua er en kjempe sjarmerende by, og vi ser frem til aa bli her de kommende dagene. Det kommer nok mer naar vi har vaert ...
The First Month
... verbs and memorize new vocabulary. What other things are commonplace here that would seem strange at home? Here, in Antigua, and other places in Guatemala possibly, we have to throw our toilet paper in the waste basket, because the pipes are made of ...
Lago Atitlan to Antigua
... to Antigua where we felt we could concentrate a bit more on our studies. This brings us to where we are currently, Antigua! It's a very cute town, colonial style (cobble stone streets ect.), and much bigger than anything we've experience thus far. We ...
Antigua
Hola guys! im glad you found this page, and pass it on to other people! im having a great time in antigua. my family is really cool, and we´re living with a girl from SanFransisco and two guys from Quebec! around my age... Anyway here are some ...
A Very Special Semana Santa in Antigua
... is like nothing else in the world, and when it is over, you will be certain of one thing. The good people of Guatemala believe that Jesus suffered publicly and died publicly. Semana Santa, while beautiful, is dark and filled with spiritual silence and ...
Volcano climbing
... is a collection of cobbled streets, mustard coloured colonial houses and leafy parks. They must have planned this. Antigua is famous for its Spanish schools but I was more interested in the Volcan Pacaya. Now there is an unwritten ...
Albuquerque to Antigua
Buenas Tardes from Antigua, Guatemala! This is a test blog, as it is the first one I have done. In future blogs I hope to have pictures, just figuring that part out, too. We left Albuquerque, New Mexico 1/19/08 and hopped to Phoenix, then LA, ...
Leaving home, Learning Spanish
Alright- so 12 hours, three flights, very little sleep, and we are finally here. Here is Antigua, Guatemala, where we will be staying for 2-3 weeks. We have been taking it slow these first few days, allowing the heat to sink into our skin and the Spanish ...
A better time here
... " with it. Today was my last day of classes. This afternoon, I went up to a great look out over the city. Antigua is so beautifully situated, in a valley surrounded by hight mountains and vulcanoes, some of them constantly spitting out lava...I´m hiking ...
Antigua
Barbecue al vulcano
L'ultimo periodo l'ho passato a scuola a Antigua. La mattina prendo lezioni private e il pomeriggio sono indaffarato con lavori di traduzioni dall'inglese all'italiano. Oltre ad alcune visite in zona di storia e cultura maya l'evento piů speciale ...
Ahhhh....I´m leaving Antigua!
... about this bus so my expectations are not really very high! Travelling with Henry and Kelly, Kelly has to come back on Monday to Antigua to teach her last week and the me and Henry are heading over to Belieze to Quay Caulker. I know nothing about Belieze, ...
The Allure of Antigua
Greetings from the Colonial City of Antigua, Guatemala. Last year when we were purchasing our flight back from Sao Paulo, Brazil to Costa Rica I found that for the same price we could also add on a roundtrip flight from Costa Rica to Guatemala ...
Derniere samaine a Antigua
... des efforts mais c'est pas evident. Donc j'ai ete faire mes dernieres visites dans la ville..mes derniers achats et puis voial la semaine est passe! J'ai termine mes cours et dit aurevoir a ma famille d'accueil et en route sur les routes du ...
Tilbake paa skolebenken
... (guatemalas valuta) er vi gode venner med. Idag spaserte vi opp til en topp med et kors paa, hvor vi kunne se utover Antigua og opp til en av Antiguas tre vulkaner. Vakkert. Ble fulgt av to politimenn da, ettersom det ikke var helt trygt aa gaa opp ...
last words before departure
here's my conclusion for my guat trip you may skip over to the optical pleasures that await at the end if you don't wanna read it. despite my travel route looking like a 3 year olds' scribbles and the fact that i got sick on xmas and couldn't eat ...
First day at school
After waking up at 6:30, I ate a quick breakfast of eggs and bread, and headed off to my first day of class. After paying, I sat through a quick orientation, where the basic "just don't be stupid" information was covered. Then I met my ...
Hola amigos y amigas!
... van Nederland zeg maar, en hier geen flatscreen tv's, keukens van 10000 euro, leasebakken, tijdregistratiesystemen, lingo, voice of guatemala en meer van die onzin..maar goed, ik dwaal af... Woensdag begon voor mij de Spaanse les, en dat ...