Zunil, Guatemala

... out the back to get a bit of clean air. Back in Xela we went to the local KFC clone (which we went to in Guatemala City) Pollo Campero for a couple of cheap pizzas, before returning home. As a quick aside, we should mention the number of armed ...

A group of us went to these hot springs a couple of days into the first week of school. Got the bus to Zunil then jumped in the back of a pick up which took us up to the hot baths. It was really hot and sunny and we were thinking that it maybe wasn't the ...

... cowboy hat wearing, machete carrying male too. These are people of the Earth. These small villages have been the best of Guatemala and we are the only Gringos here. We passed through the vegetable growing town of Almolonga. We could see the different ...

... and also there are rumours (based probably on truth) of babies being snatched from villages by Gringos.  Although Guatemala is catholic, their religious beliefs are very intermingled with old Mayan customs and practices and old rituals still happen, ...