Alta Verapaz

The heart of the program. We spent 2 weeks in the Alta Verapaz region. We learned about the history of the area, we lived with Q'eqchi' (Kekchi) families, ate their food, slept in their houses and helped them reforest their land and we went on a Cloud ...

!Hola once more from Guate, Guate! A couple of weekends ago I braved the crazy misty mountain roads (as a passenger, no way would I drive in this country), to visit the 8th Wonder of the World - Semuc Champey in Northern Guatemala. After a long, long ...

... Rabinal is an hour away. In two words: utterly treacherous. The road to Rabinal is typical of most roads in Baja and Alta Verapez, I'm guessing, which means cliffs, one-car-width roads for two cars, falling rocks, and incredible landscapes. No joke: there ...

... excited about the next part of our trip: Semuc Champey, a series of beautiful pools cascading over a limestone bridge in the Alta Verapaz region of Guatemala. The steep, misty mountains of Alta Verapaz are truly magical, and this was one of the ...

... people including volunteers, park managers, our boss, and NGO directors.  We stayed there only a night and then went to Alta Verapaz.  The next five nights we stayed in a coffee cooperative made up of 800 people called Samac where everyone ...

... for this blog it's best to start with the positives: 1.     I was kindly reminded once I arrived here in Alta Verapaz that we are in "malaria zone," and that I should probably buy some antimalarials and repellant.  Don Bex, a ...

... the northeast I go! Most of all though, I can’t believe I’m actually writing this: tomorrow I’m off to Chisec, Alta Verapaz.  Back to the location of my first trip to the developing world.  Back to my first loving host ...

... y estaba haciendo un calor de miedo, pero lo logramos! Llegamos a la reserva natural Laguna Lachuá que esta en el departamento de Alta Verapaz, la reserva es muy grande y la tienen bien cuidada, antes de entrar te dan una instrucción de lo que se ...