Hotel Los Nazarenos Antigua Guatemala

... See, only I would take the time to interpret Antiglish for everyone back home so that should you arrive here, you will be fully armed. <br><br>My short investigation revealed the actual price is usually 40 to 60 times one dolluh so in Antiglish saying "one" just means that the once mighty greenback is accepted. I almost want to hold one of them to the dolluh price they quote and see if I walk away at that price with some piece of fabric that will ...

... Costa Rica on our way to Peru. Our time here is going to fly by - I can't believe we've already been here a week. A typical day has been something like the following: Breakfast at 7AM. School from 8AM-noon in our open-air classroom overlooking Volcano Agua. Lunch whenever we get home after school. Activities through the school at 2PM. Dinner at 7PM. We try to study intermittently. We are extremely spoiled here ...

... Jungle Party, a few hundred meters down the same road. <br><br>Jungle Party is really cool, with hammocks strung up in the main reception area, a nice tv, another fat dog that is supposedly a guard dog but wouldnt hurt a fly, and a large breakfast included in the price of the dorm bed. We also managed to book our trip to Volcan Pacaya with the hostel and at 2pm that day, found ourselves sitting in a truck waiting with anticipation to be taken to the volcano. <br><br ...

... Unfortunately I didn´t have proper footwear for the hot, sharp volcanic rocks (I think the Hawaiians call it a´a). Fortunately there is a fantastic market on the outskirts of town that have just about anything you could want. I headed to the used clothing and shoes section where I picked up a decent pair of boots. Apparently they receive the used clothes from donation ...

... the time which made for an amazing experience.  Luckily it wasn´t that cold and Devin and I were prepared.  By the time we reached the top of the Volcano it was coming down pretty hard and it was getting dark.  Due to the cold from the rain we were able to getting really close to the flowing, red lava (without it melting our shoes as it usually does)... what a sight!  We climbed over the top of the cracked, harded, black rock and we could see the red lava flowing right ...

... bit. We entered the open air market which smelled of fresh mangos, pineapple, and herbs and spices. Karyma and her mom gave us some mango and pineapple with peppita and lime. It looked like pepper, but it was sour and not spicy. It was yummy! The market was also full of flowers, crazy fruits like lycheen (I´d never seen that before), and batidos (milk and fruit shakes). There was also some really delicious looking ...

... town of Lanquin. Skip caves till later after falls and Kan'Ba when bats fly out. Lago Izabal. Town of Fronteras. Boat to El Castillo de San Felipe. Day tour down Rio Bravo to Livingston. Lunch have Tapado (seafood soup) Hire a boat in Livingston go to Los Siete Altares jungle waterfalls Fly to Tikal. Stay at least a night in at the ruins. Spend few days around the lake

... Marshmallows toast way too quickly there so you end up with a charred gooey mass on the end of a stick...still yummy under the crust. Mable x Mac´s shoes are still wet inside, and it has been 2 days! He left the lake and traveled to Antigua, arriving feeling more than sick, yes the roads were horrible. Antigua is a lovely little town which as Mable said has been rebuilt more times than Liza Minelli has had plastic surgery. Mac visited a macadamia ...

We moved north to the Central Highlands. Antigua was the first capital of middle America, founded by Pedro Alvarado, a top commander under Hernan Cortez. The first city was destroyed by a volcanic eruption, and the capital was then moved to Antigua in the 1500s. Pedro Alvarado was one of the worst conquistadors and is reportedly buried here in Cathedral de Santiago. The cathedral itself, was destroyed by earthquake in 1680 ...

... i Guatemala. En grusom affære, der varede i 36 år. (1960 - 1996). José beretter utrolig afslappet og nøgternt om hvordan han oplevede og gennemlevede alle disse år. Hvordan nogle af hans venner ind imellem forsvandt eller blev hentet, for aldrig siden at dukke op igen. José deltog ikke selv i den væbnede konflikt, men da han også var musiker, skrev og spillede han politiske sange. Derved blev han også selv udsat for trusler på livet.Der var ofte lange perioder uden ...