Hotel Princess Guatemala Guatemala City

As I sit here in a hostel in Guatemala I think back to this morning (Yes I am sure you are wondering why I am in Guatemala. I will get to that later). About 4:00am - 4:30am this morning, about half our team slowly found themselves in the hotel lobby. Many of us had an early flight out in order to arrive back to our homes at a decent time Sunday. A lucky few could sleep in and leave around noon. Once again this ...

... this kind of thing is right up his alley and how much he would´ve been in his element, hope you´re proud of me pops! xx<br><br>The trek back down was a bit hairy only because it got dark so quickly so the majority of the route down was in darkness. We were met at the bottom by the kids again who all wanted their sticks back (enterprising little feckers) and managed to make it onto the shuttle bus in one piece. One of the best days so far - definitely!!<br><br><br>

Antigua, Guatemala, I shouldn-t say this but it does seem a bit mor wild west here, there are armed guards every where, I even saw one on a Coca Cola delivery wagon.<br>Having a day or two off and will visit a live volcano while waiting for the arrival of another couple of riders. They are like buses, either none or 3 come along!<br>I did not sleep too well for some reason , awoke at ...

... Jon!) Je serai donc dans cette ville immense pleine de musées, de cafes, de theatres, de gratte-ciel du 20 au 28 mai. How exciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiting!!!! Pour l'instant, je termine ma derniere semaine de volontariat dans un centre d'accueil de jour pour les enfants: www.openwindowsfoundation.org. Ils peuvent venir y faire leurs devoirs apres l'ecole, lire ...

... to 40 meters inside with Caribbean reef sharks silhouetted above us. It was unreal. Click here to see phtos of the blue hole Then back to Guatemala after lazing on a few beaches, to a place called Livingston. Here Cruise ships decant passengers every afternoon and the place is swamped. Then they leave after obligatory photos, food and sights and the place relaxes back into a go slow rhythm. It is however a very edgy place beneath the ...

... thyrladist fyngert ryk utum allt og inn i allt. Eg og Sigga kiktum a Janet sem Sigga bjo hja herna fyrir 2 arum og aetlum vid ad kikja til hennar i kvoldmat i kvold. Sigga hefur verid ad dasama eldamennskuna hennar svo thetta verdur vonandi gott. Stefnan er svo tekin fljotlega til kyrrahafsins thar sem Atli aetlar ad surfa eda til Lago Atitlan thar sem a ad vera mjog fallegt. Bidjum ad heilsa!

We can´t believe we are Guatemala. Our mini-break in Hawaii relaxed us too much and so we arrive here a little unplanned. It kind of crept up on us. We have forgotten nearly all the spanish we learnt last time and on the plane read feverishly about how dangerous the place is. Armed robberies and the like. Paul reckons it´s because they are too small to take you on without. Luckily we have booked a ...

Después de un casi interminable camino el shuttle, llegamos a la islita de Flores, Leyva quería chapotear pero había una lluviesita que lo impedía, buscamos un hotelillo económico y fuimos a buscar boletos de agencia para llegar al Tikal... Buscamos en esta mini gringo city sitios para comer y lo más barato siempre incluía el piso lleno de migajas y moscas en todas partes, pero con este presupuesto no podemos quejarnos.<br><br>Temprano por ...

... of columns around the church. To date, the Army has retained impunity for their war against the natives here, and it is still a contentious issue. There was a prosecution of elements of the Army that assinated the Archbishop here after he published a report indicating that the Army was responsible for the vast majority of the murders of over 250,000 indeginious people here in the 80s. Here are a few pics from the Historic District in downtown Guatemala City.

... a living. Almost nobody was doing it then. The rest is history, since there was hardly any rest for the next ten to fifteen years. Ever notice how fallen rock-and-roll heroes all self-destructed at age twenty-seven? They should&#8217;ve gone to Guatemala.<br><br>Back then Guatemala was like paradise, cheap and beautiful, with one of the most incredible cultures in the world right there, unique and accessible. A few foreigners even married ...