Guatemala Archive

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    To San Cristóbal de las Casas

    I am running short on time now to get back to Cancún, so I have had to take more buses than I’d hoped; the flip side of that is that...
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    Feliz Navidad

    Christmas in Panajachel was something else. From seeing the Christmas traditions in Argentina and Chile I wasn’t surprised to see the fireworks, but the intensity here was something different altogether....
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    Lago Atitlán

    I have a slow internet connection, so it will take me a while to upload photos, but check back to for them as bandwidth allows. I left Antigua on the...
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    Antigua and Chichicastenango

    In the interest of time I took a cheap tourist van from Copán to Antigua. We left early and the driver was not at all happy to see a girl...
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    12 hours on a Chicken Bus

    Today was one of those days that I’ll never forget: exhausting, frustrating, colorful and loud, but indelibly etched in my mind.  I saw no ruins, no guidebook attractions, but rather...
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    Tikal

    I got on a 5:00 bus to Tikal so I could catch the early-morning light; I stupidly signed up for a guided tour which is a lesson learned. (We spent...
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    San Ignacio, Belize to Flores, Guatemala

    I left San Ignacio in the morning, after saying my goodbyes (I didn’t want to leave…I will miss Belize and especially my friends at the San Ignacio!) and rode to...