Country Info
- Guatemala
- Capital
- Quetzal (GTQ)
- Currency
- 12,974,361
- Population
- GT
- Country Code
Guatemala Slideshow
Guatemala
Travel Blogs from Guatemala
Beklaut und gestrandet in Guatemala Stadt
Weil die Zeit so knapp ist, konnten wir den Guatemala-Trip nicht wirklich gut vorbereiten. Wir sind mehr oder weniger ins Land gestolpert, wussten nicht, wie absurd hier das Busnetzwerk ist und dass alle Fahrten eine halbe Ewigkeit dauern. Um das Land in ...
Ein vorläufiger Pass
... man dort soweit. Ich bekam meinen Ersatzpass. Ganz in grün und biegsam.Aber nun fehlte darin noch der Einreisestempel für Guatemala. Also mussten wir durch die ganze Stadt zur Immigrationsbehörde. Obwohl uns jeder davon abrät, mit Taxis oder Bussen zu ...
Double kayaks can break a relationship
Finca Tatin is this secluded little hostel in the jungle, just off the Rio Dulce. Only accessible by boat, we hung out there for a few days in a log cabin avoiding tarantula´s, snakes and evil mosquitos. It´s right on the river so the swimming was ...
Lago Atitlan and Antigua
Hey Got back on Sunday to Antigua and bumped into the procession which is on every weekend until Holy Week. Very bizarre as men and women dress up in purple robes and carry huge statues of Jesus etc. The people infront burn insence and ...
First Day in Guatemala
Buenos tardes! I love it here! Antigua is a really beautiful city , and thus far I´ve had 0 traveling troubles. My flight got in one hr late last night, so I took a taxi to my hotel. It is an interesting sight as ...
The wonders of Tikal
We got to Tikal at about 7am before the main tour buses arrived. Tikal is a vast complex of Mayan temples and buildings right in the heart of the jungle the sise of Belize (people do get lost for days there without a guide) ...
Tourists Everywhere!
So i am now in Antigua and its a pretty little town full of tourists and tourist shops and everything else that comes with a touristy town, very nice tiny lil cobblestone streets lots of old churches some of them crumbling. More tourists then i{ve ...
Off The Beaten Track? What Track?!
... life gets, and though we´d seen our fair share of raw Guatemalan life, we believed it. Unlike most of the other towns in Guatemala, not only the women, but the men of Todos Santos wore traditional clothing. Like every single one of them. They all had on ...
buena clase!
man o´ man, i just had a GREAT class. i can see why people can really love teaching little kids. it is so fun to see them learn and grow and be excited. today i did some basic review and then we sang the rainbow song again. they are really getting ...
Wanderings in Antigua
... will be doing a daytrip tomorrow! I can't make the left bracket work on this keyboard *They are arranged quite differently in Guatemala!(*(((( That was actually supposed to be a right bracket / argh! And that slash was supposed to be a hyphen. Oh ...