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3A Calle oriente No 3 Antigua Guatemala, Western Highlands, Guatemala
we have just arrived in antigua as we are back tracking to the airport. but most of today was spent in panajachel. the carmelites asked us to stay for lunch to celebrate fr. martins birthday, age 71. it may have been a surprise party. about 12 seminarians from guatemala city were there. central americans like to talk a lot so there was plenty of conversation. they have lots of questions about us and our country and our parish. they ask who will win the presidential election. we told them abou...
Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala sisterparishWell I got into Guatemala city last night at around 10pm and since I didnt check any luggage I was able to get right through customs and on to Antigua. Thankfully, there was a driver there waiting for me, and he had two other members of our team with him (Jennifer a surgical nurse from Oregon and Dr. Naylor a general surgeon from Salt Lake City). Our drivers name was Rodolfo and he drove very nicely on the hour long trip to Antigua. Guatemala City at night, while dangerous, is actually much m...
Antigua, Guatemala surgeongeneral
... on the exact same place on your right sideburn.
4) In areas of very little hair, the hairs that do grow, grow extremely fast therefore exuentuating the grossiness of your face farm.
5) You must be able to grow a serious amount of full facial hair in the most useless places, ie your neck. Additionally, single hairs will grow in completely random spots on your face.
6) Several hairs must be completely independent of the others and decided ...
... my kite being lost forever in the backwoods of guatemala. Tim and Cathy's ended in very similar results. Lindsey wasnt able to get hers going at all and probably for the better since we were 0 for 3 with kites flying and returned. However, on our way down from the Cross we were greeted by a massive rain storm which pretty much turned Linds' tissue paper kite into a ball of mush. Not a good first attempt with ...
Sumpango, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala lindseyhehman... propane gas door to door with an obnoxious loud speaker recording repeating "zeta gaaaaaaasssssss" over and over and over and over.
- Do not ride in a tuk tuk (taxi) on cobblestone streets while pregnant.
- The meat market is not for the faint of stomach. or the hungry.
- Local buses are called chicken buses and every single inch of them is brightly decorated. Bus drivers definitely drive faster than their guardian angels can fly ...
... was astounding!
But holding what really blew my mind, and was probably the highlight of my entire trip, was seeing the river of lava. Holding my mouth and edging closer to the crevice, I could see a river of molten rock running under the very ground we were standing on. It was humbling. This was a truly unique, life-changing experience. In life, you either have or haven’t seen a river of lava, and now, I had. I felt ...
... tortas (with seven kinds of processed meat) cooked right there in front of you, Bob Marley on repeat over and over and over...and...
...cheap Termidor and Clos cask wine, the heady, scented markets, the old man who sat on the corner and shook everyone's hands as they walked past, the ATMs that never worked, Eliseo, the lake, the volcano, The Alegre ...
On my flight into Guatemala City, I noticed two things. The air was smoggy or it could be fumes spuming out of the 3 active volcanoes in the area. Also, they laid out this city around some huge gorges with buildings on top of the plateau abreast to some terrifying drops. The limo pick-up I arranged with the hotel I am staying in Antigua, Soleil, was waiting for me when I arrived...convenience but at $40 a bit expensive for the 45 minute shuttle to ...
Antigua, Guatemala ndsquirrel... a grid, North, South, East, West, so with the addition of landmarks like the Parque Central and any of 4 cathedrals, several ruins and cafes, it's no problem getting anywhere on foot. I spent a memorable evening last week at an English movie with Spanish subtitles with my housemates - we told ourselves that it was a good alternative method of learning Spanish. The cinema had lounge chairs, sofas ...
Antigua Guatemala, Western Highlands, Guatemala leeinkster... to us to decide how close we wanted to get. We could see clumps of burning lava 100yards away and the longer we watched it we could slowly see it tumbling down the volcano and then turn into a steam of flowing lava. A bunch of us decided we had to get closers. Volcanic rock is really difficult to walk on and feels light and hollow underfoot it is also rather unstable with small rock slides being set off by all of us as we ...
Antigua Guatemala, Western Highlands, Guatemala salsita
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