Hotel Vista Real Guatemala

...   put us a little behind schedule but we all arrived safe and sound. Next order of business was checking in to the beautiful Vista Real.   (Pictures to cone soon.)  We settled into our rooms and had a little down time to get to know ...

... as American time. Expect things to take a little bit longer. After a delicious dinner at our beautiful hotel, Vista Real, we headed out into Guatemala City in order to check out the local culture. Guatemala City is an interesting dichotomy of Guatemalan ...

... update? No? Not even the tiniest bit curious? Had we been torn apart by vicious howler monkeys in the jungles of Guatemala? Perhaps an unfortunate drowning incident while scuba diving in Honduras? Or maybe we’d been kissing sniffling pigs in Mexico ...

... for a couple of days. And because no backpackers = no hostels, I had no choice but to stay in the relative luxury of Hotel Vista Del Lago, which included a private room, ensuite bathroom, and cable TV! That evening, to make the most of all these ...

... . Looking down you saw a lush and beautiful coffee plantation. What an exciting way to see and enjoy what a beautiful place Guatemala truly is. After the ziplining, we spent a few hours in Antiqua. Antigua is rich in culture and history, although it is ...

... I will be sure to tell you all about the experience. After tomorrow we will take a 2 hour bus ride to a small town in Guatemala near the El Salvador border called Cuilapa. This is a remote area that most likely won't have internet service. If it does, ...

... most of the structures have been made with compact mud which just washes away underfoot. The team is excited to get to work and help the people of Guatemala.  We knew all along God had a plan for us, we still don't know what His plans are.  ...

... up quite large parts of the lake - the bane of waterways the world over.  Captain Benjamin finds a quiet beach for a swim and we decide we're possibly the only people swimming in Guatemala's biggest lake.  Smelly costumes ...

... took over 80 pictures!!!) I accidentally deleted them all...bummer.  Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday I went up to the Bella Vista school and helped in a preschool class from 8 to noon. The kids there are great, but its pretty difficult to ...

... our plans for a hike with fabulous panoramas. We enjoyed all kinds of Musica en Vivo in Guatemala: transplanted Americans on guitars, Cuban stylings a la Buena Vista Social club, Marimba bands in the street, guitars, flutes, drums. We heard numerous ...

... om templer og de dyr vi saa.. Back to Belize City, for saa at tage videre til San Ignacio, som ligger taet ved graensen til Guatemala.. Her var vi en nat, hvor vi slappede, endnu en gang.. Spiste lidt.. Drak lidt.. Og saa Real - Barca.. Fin kamp by the ...

... treatment.  Sub-par instrumentals dragged further down by off-pitch slurred lyrics.  I think they've ruined most of the Buena Vista Social Club album for me for good.  Truly, the day that music died. So, I thought I'd write more.  ...

... el contenido del mismo, cosa que el oficial iba a hacer. Me sentí con mucha impotencia. Las ganas que tenía de regresar a Guatemala fueron muchas pero esa acción no haría más que retrazar nuestro viaje. La guía de turismo mencionó esta situación, ...

... Latin America; you’ve arrived in west Africa. The northern coast of Honduras (and indeed the Caribbean coast of Belize, Guatemala and Nicaragua) is home to the Garifuna, descendants of freed African slaves, who still live very much according to ...

... went with me as well. After spending the night in Altegracia we switched location to the nice and comfortable but cheap Buena Vista hotel ($4) on Playa Santo Domingo. This beach is an isthmus (narrow strip of land with water on both sides) connecting two ...

... itself Sharing 1 skinny train bed (India). We jumped on the train without tickets. Roasting marshmallows on lava flow (Guatemala) Catching piranha and then swimming with pink dolphins in croc and piranha infested waters (Bolivia) Getting inked at the ...

... . I had worked incredibly hard all year, it was time for an adventure travel break. My last trip abroad was to Belize and Guatemala was in the spring. The time had come. On a cold and typically drizzly Puget Sound day in December, I packed my pack, ...

... met 3 other gringos here (that is what they call us here) and that is it. We are staying at Posada Alta Vista, sort of a mix between hostel and hotel for $15.75 a night. It is right by the central park and big church so it's a great location for ...