Hotel Galindo Panajachel

Calle Principal Panajachel, Lake Atitlan, Western Highlands, Guatemala

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Lago de Atitlan

A travel blog entry by crazycanucks

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... along the way is very humbling. The simple life is the only way of life in these parts. Makes a person want to remember their roots and get back to the basics. Everyone works hard here, women carry their babies on their backs and baskets on their heads, men carry huge loads of firewood on their backs walking up a mountain while children carry ...

Lanquin Day 4

A travel blog entry by ryanaross

... jumped from the bridge but this time I had heard you could jump from the upper section that is what I did. Loooong drop into the river. Headed back to the hostel around 1pm. In the evening didn't feel like socializing too much because I was leaving the next day. Tomorrow, heading back to Antigua and maybe further on back to San Pedro. Saying goodbye to this group will be a tough ...

I am confused.

A travel blog entry by lcridd

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... made by hand. I want a future for the girls here to be that they have choices. They can wear traditional clothes, but play sports, and have a job if they want. I would like for the woman who work in the local government to be more than secretaries and janitors. I would also like for them to be able to stand up to the men that take advantage of them and keep them down.

Maybe the traditional roles are slowly changing because the other day I ...

Frustrations and Lessons Learned

A travel blog entry by lcridd

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... from the other NGOs. There are too many NGOs in this town, in my opinion. It is a perfect place for short term NGOs to come: it is relatively close to the capital, it has a picture perfect Mayan culture, the physical setting is beautiful and there is a lot of work to be done here in terms of development.

I come with the Peace Corps without any money – only a lot of time and ideals to offer. A lot of other NGOs can come in, do a short ...

Market Day Guatemalan Style

A travel blog entry by jmabro

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... or whole coffee beans, a little bottle of locally made rum (or Ron as it is also called) and other such important essentials, to feeling closer to 20 Kg each! Still not terrible, we have met people just starting their journeys with heavier bags than ours, I imagine they will dump some of their unnecessary stuff :-)

As we were walking towards the boats, just before we left the market street, we were accosted again by the same lady we had first met at the top of the street. She ...

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