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Hotel El Tino Izabal

4 Ave 10-52, Zona 1, El Estor Izabal, Guatemala

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Tomorrow never knows...

A travel blog entry by rollingstone54

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Nov. 28 - Tomorrow never knows....Yesterday, Elisa (Italy) and I had to go to Mena's house to pick up our laundry. We trekked for about 10 minutes and when we reached her place, I saw one of the strangest sights - there in the middle of the jungle stood a house made of sticks and a thatched roof and beside it stood a huge satellite dish - strange day's indeed. Elisa and I were invited in, and we had some photos taken with Mena and her family. She has ...

Que sera sera

A travel blog entry by rollingstone54

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... backyard and a huge swimming pool. They`re doing alright, considering the alternative. I met a guy named Julio (name has been changed) the other night, and he is an orphan who grew up in Casa G., I would like to speak with him about his experiences here, so hopefully I will see him again. He apparently is doing really well, and comes to Hotel Backpackers most weekends. Yesterday, we had the Olympic Games for the children. It was pretty slow to get the ball rolling, but ...

Starry starry night...

A travel blog entry by rollingstone54

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... children's clothes were dirty. The crew got lots of good footage of the children, the volunteers, and some interviews with the staff. All in all, it was an exciting but tiring day for all involvedfor the children, a tiring one for the staff. There is lots of time to think around here, and most of what I think about, other than the people I love, is how I am missing being comfortable. I like being comfortable. I like being able to go to ...

Living in the jungle, living in a tent...

A travel blog entry by rollingstone54

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... food, (no beans tonight...yea!!), some drinks, some dancing and some laughter. The trip takes about 20 minutes, and once we're there we sit down and are ready to order - this is a really big deal, because the Backpackers restaurant has some pretty good tasting food, and of course there is cold beer and cold drinks, something that we cannot get at Casa G. We will savour the night. The party was really great, I am glad that I went, had some pizza ...

Economics, Hot Waterfalls and Supping with Sailors

A travel blog entry by jmabro

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... La Laguna on Lake Atitlan, along some pretty awful roads, takes up to four hours and cost us 50Q each;

- to get from Guatemala City to Rio Dulce on a decent bus took six hours and cost us each 63Q;

- to get from Antigua to Guatemala City takes little more than an hour via the best of Guatemalan roads and costs 75Q each!

There is no more or less demand for one destination over another, it's just because they can. They know that anyone going to Guatemala City ...