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3ra Calle Oriente 19 Antigua Guatemala, Western Highlands, Guatemala, 502-7832-5780
Hola Todos, Well, we have arrived in Guatemala! Delayed in Dallas because of major storms we arrived in Guatemala 2 hours later than expected. There was a major health check at the airport, and it is easy to see that everyone is worried about the swine flu, but the news here says that so far there are no cases in Guatemala. After exiting the airport Don José, our taxi driver, took us for a 45 min (a little scary on the roads, we passed a semi truck by an inch) drive to Antigua. The sweetest m...
Antigua Guatemala, Western Highlands, Guatemala lgreens¡Hola amigos! So, we just had a week in Antigua, where we lovingly call "home". I cannot say that it has been completely relaxing to be home...eager to reunite with friends we´ve already met on travels, I took the "pequeñita", Angharad, under my wing and hit up the town, putting my meager salsa lessons to practice. The night life in Antigua is pretty fun, but it is a small town, so you see the same people out all the time...we´ve made lots of friends. On Monday, it was time to start Spanish s...
Antigua Guatemala, Western Highlands, Guatemala lgreens Howdy Everybody!
Not sure where we left you last, but nothing too crazy has happened since then. Today we finished our last day of school... woo hoo! The days were long and sometimes the brain hurt from spanish verb conjunction overload but in the end school was a good call and it feels like the spanish is flowing off the tongue a little better. For any other travellers interested we went to the Sevilla Academia for our school and we both liked it.
Probably the biggest thing we...
Day 8-10 Chichi market and Antigua Another early start today, leaving at 6am to get to Chichi by 7am and a parking place. The markets are very colourful and you can almost find anything dating back from the 1980's. Being of pale skin and over 5 ft 6", you are automatically classed as a tourist with the locals automatically doubling their prices. So unless you want to get ripped off you have to willing to haggle. Not easy when you don't speak Spanish, but you learn quickly if you don't get you...
Antigua, Guatemala sd0744... shop so we went to compare them. The ones in the second shop were as good or better than the first ones so Terry bought one and then, of course, I had to have one too. They are about 3 meters long, about 4" wide and handwoven and then embroidered all by hand with large tassels on both ends. They will look wonderful running down the center of a long table. Terry ...
Antigua Guatemala, Western Highlands, Guatemala nomadgal... the beach some more, figure I’ll just dip in the shallows of the water where LOADS of people are swimming…. Stung again. Freaking typical. Oh, and while sitting all alone eating my lunch in the legendary Tony’s a cockroach fell on my head, landed on the floor and ran under my bag, prompting much jumping around and general girlie-looking-silliness on my part.<br><br>Did I mention the raging cold? That made travel ...
Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala roisin-maria... aan en heeft alle hoeken van de bank gehad....en ga zo door!!<br>Het was de leukste kermis attractie in jaren waarbij we pendelden tussen vloeken, schelden, schateren en klunen.<br><br>We hebben regelmatig aan Mo moeten denken!!!!<br>Ik heb een klein filmpje toegevoegd van het moment dat we wegreden...en alles nog rustig was. Later bleek het niet meer mogelijk om een opname te maken.....<br><br>We gaan het nogmaals proberen!!<br>
Antigua Guatemala, Western Highlands, Guatemala micheleen... at a Project called Nuestros Ahijados located a kilometer outside of Antigua in a small village called San Filipe de Jesus. They provide the least fortunate families with health, dental care and education for the children, and their mothers. They receive 200 applications a year and in a careful screening process that includes a social work visit to the home, they are able to offer 30 places. At first I volunteered at the ...
Antigua Guatemala, Western Highlands, Guatemala leeinkster... alfombras, carpet or mat in Spanish. They're rectangular saw dust mats they make on the streets and cover with decorative patterns of colored chalk. Saw my first one in Santa Catarina, it was beautiful and gigantic. Anyways, I'm ecstatic. With Pols done and Spanish done in less than a week, my time here in Guatemala is about to change dramatically. I'm planning to try and work on Spanish as much as possible this week (literalmente ...
Antigua Guatemala, Western Highlands, Guatemala jaynichvolodov... saulecker! Es gibt sie auch mit diversen anderen Fuellungen, Fleisch und natuerlich darf die scharfe Sauce nicht fehlen. Wo wir grad beim Essen sind... Eine weitere Entdeckung unsererseits sind Tostadas oder Enchiladas. Dabei handelt es sich um grosse, meist mit Guacamole oder Bohnen bestrichene Tacos, auf die einfach soviel verschiedenes Zeug gehaeuft wird bis es an allen Seiten runterfaellt. Scharfe Sauce drauf und fertig ist das Abendessen. Dazu ein frisch gepresster ...
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