Intercontinental Hotels Real Guatemala Guatemala City

... about how he now had a great story to tell. Even after many trips on a chicken bus, I still have all my belongings because I pay attention. I hope since I didn't have anything that "exciting" to report, all this writing hasn't bored you too much back home. If you made it this far, thanks for traveling along with me. Maybe one of my stops made you stop to investigate it a little further for your own visit. Some of the most interesting ...

... many things left undone. Or was it simply the leaving that I didn't want to partake in. Two weeks later, as I write this, I still miss it deeply. I'd go back right now if I could. I especially loved the latter part of my time, the part where I was backpacking. I loved the culture of it all, having everything you own on your back, meeting people from all over the world all the time, everyday being different from the last. Back in Canada, life is shocking. I mean ...

... half of our banana loaf. He was happy about it. Visited Tourist Office for information and they tried to sell us packages galore and we ended up with no information just flyers for guides. Had a long conversation with Jay - a medical student from Spain and Florida who is spending a year and a hal in Guatemala City doing a medical internship. It was an interesting conversation and we exchanged numbers in case we pass by GUA on our way back. Thats it. Our shuttle is late. -Marlon

... I arrived on the ship, my final mail was waiting for me. I was excited as usual but realized that my sorority had sent me letters! I was so surprised and so excited! I had already done a lot of thinking while in Guatemala about home and my year away. It has been a long year and I have done a lot. It flew by, but not quite as quickly as I had imagined it would fly as people had warned me it would. I have definitely changed a great deal as well as learned and experienced so ...

... was just given 10 minutes before. It seems that we were the first planeload to land after the swine flu scare started. They never did get any more forms (which asked you to check off a bunch of flu symptoms), so after a bit of waiting, I just wandered into the imigration line and proceeded through. The Westin is a nice hotel, much more American than any place I've stayed out of the country. Which is to say it isn't much of ...

Heute habe ich echte richtige Lava gesehen...das war schoen. Nicht so schoen war, dass wir bei so einer gefuehrten Tour mitgemacht haben und das war einfach schrecklich. Zu neunt wurden wir da hochgejagt, kurz Lava schauen und dann wieder runter. Keine Zeit auf dem Berg noch etwas rumzukraxeln und sich die Lava richtig anzusehen oder an schoenen Aussichtspunkten zu halten. Das naechste Mal: In jedem Fall alleine hoch. Zudem kam heute dazu dass ich nicht ...

I walked out onto the streets of Antigua for the first time when Dorothy turned to me and said "Marko...I've got a feeling we&#8217;re not in Los Angeles any more."<br> <br> No ****, Dorothy.<br> <br> What on earth gave you that impression?<br> <br> Perhaps it&#8217;s the complete lack of infrastructure, or the Hispanic people everywhere or the fact that homeless people haunt every corner that tipped you off. No, Guatemala isn&#8217;t like LA at all ... actually when you look at ...

... walls of the memorial building; Benjamin pointed all of his relatives out on the wall, including his mother, sister and wife. The walls of the memorial are, like the museum in Rabinal, covered in pictures of the dead, murals and names. On a lighter note, he began school again at the age of 36 and is now taking university classes in Rabinal at around 50. After a quick talk and a ...

... isnt always successful. Fortunately, an English guy called Johnny, whod been sat next to me on the plane was also going to Antigua. "You dont speak Spanish" he asked, "Not at all" I replied. "Neither do I." he said, before launching into a fluent 5 way converstion in Spanish with a few of the guys holdin din´gns. Arrogant show off. Actually he sorted it out for us and he was a nice guy. Its just unfortunate for him that hes going prematurely bald.

... departed. And they had trouble with the boarding gate. They couldn't get it to move up to the plane so that we could get off. We waited about 10 minutes for them to fix that. And then I had to go from concourse B to E with less than 30 minutes to my departure. But I managed to get there in plenty of time, even taking a bathroom break. And then that flight was late leaving. They were ...