Guatemala
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Wednesday, 18 Mar 2009 | Views [176]
I`m not exactly sure how, but a few days ago I made my "debut" on one of the radio stations in Xela. It appears that my trip to the crater of Santiaguito is something that people around Xela find quite exciting - everyone that I have spoken ... Read more >
Tags: radio interview
Monday, 9 Mar 2009 | Views [230]
Following the Extreme Adventure to the crater of Volcan Santiaguito, I spent last week exploring the "virgin territory" ( as Don Eduardo likes to call it) of Guatemala that is near the Mexican border in Huehuetenango. Don Eduardo (owner of ... Read more >
Monday, 2 Mar 2009 | Views [445] | Comments [1]
Having just gone to the crater of one of the 10 most active volcanoes in the world I think I can fairly confidently say that it is unlikely that I´ll ever undertake such an amazing and frankly mad adventure again. If you happen to be my mum, I´d probably ... Read more >
Tags: volacanic eruptions
trekking
extreme adventure
Saturday, 21 Feb 2009 | Views [289]
I thought I should write a little entry about how I spent my birthday here in Xela (Guatemala). Guatemalans seem to celebrate birthdays with more "rigour" than I typically would in England. My birthday party seemed to last 3 days - not that ... Read more >
Tags: birthday celebrations
Thursday, 19 Feb 2009 | Views [275]
About two weeks ago I made a trip to Lake Atitlan for the weekend as a friend of mine, Don Alvaro, knows someone who owns a hospedaje there. I´ve been to the lake before but have never been to San Juan before - it´s one of the twelve villages on the ... Read more >
Tags: lake, trekking
Monday, 9 Feb 2009 | Views [143]
Well, it was only a matter of time really. As one of the more well known foreigners in Xela I´ve finally made my debut in the English language magazine that the expats produce for the English speakers in Xela... http://www.xelawho.com/barflyxela/index.... Read more >
Tags: life in xela
Monday, 9 Feb 2009 | Views [123]
I`m enjoying life in Xela so much that I´ve decided to stay here until pretty much the end of March which cuts my time to travel in S. America down to three months. To be honest, I´ve decided that I don´t really like packing my bags every other day ... Read more >
Tags: work in xela
Tuesday, 20 Jan 2009 | Views [153]
As requested by Mr. E. White from Milton Keynes here is a brief update on the reforestation project. Following a brief suspension over the Christmas break due to Mario going AWOL for a few days we recently commenced the project again. This involved working ... Read more >
Tags: reforestation project
Tuesday, 20 Jan 2009 | Views [150]
I`ve just completed a hike to the top of Volcan Tajamulco which is the highest point in Central America at 4222m. I`d been talking about doing the hike with two of my Cuates, Mario and Marvin, for over a month. The basic idea had been to do the trek ... Read more >
Tags: trekking
sunrise
Tuesday, 6 Jan 2009 | Views [196] | Comments [4]
I`ve just done a 3 day trek/journey across the Cuchamantes mountains between Nebaj and Todos Santos in the north of Guatemala. The majority of the trek is at around 3000m and the scenery is generally pretty impressive if it isn`t foggy. Day 1 ... Read more >
Tags: trekking
Monday, 22 Dec 2008 | Views [189] | Comments [1]
I started my voluntary work in Xela about 3 weeks ago which was pretty easy to find. A couple of people I know decided it would be a good idea to promise to replace a forest that got infected with some kind of disease. Instead of saying we would plant ... Read more >
Tags: volunteer work
Friday, 12 Dec 2008 | Views [164]
I´ve taken to going to Guatemalan football matches recently. It´s the exciting part of the season with the top six teams in the league playing a knock out cup competition to determine who will be champions. Most of my Guatemalan mates are football mad ... Read more >
Tags: football
Tuesday, 2 Dec 2008 | Views [318] | Comments [1]
I´ve been on a number of daytrips to villages/volcanos/hot springs around Xela while I´ve been studing Spanish during the daytime. Laguna de Chicabal A couple of weekends ago we went up to the Laguna Chicabal which is a lake formed in the crater ... Read more >
Tags: day trips
Tuesday, 25 Nov 2008 | Views [499]
We went for a trek up Volcan Santa Maria the other with my Spanish school in Xela. Santa Maria is a volcano with an altitude of 3768m above see level at the top and it was definitely one of the most impressive hikes that I´ve done. Santa Maria itself ... Read more >
Tags: trekking
Saturday, 15 Nov 2008 | Views [366] | Comments [2]
Crossing borders is always a bit and miss in latin america. However, even by previous standards going from Mexico into Guatemala was interesting to say the least. As I don´t have any guidebooks with me for Mexico and Guatemala this crossing had high ... Read more >
Tags: border crossings
Tuesday, 4 Nov 2008 | Views [193]
I thought it best to provide a brief outline of what I´ll be doing over the next 8 months to warrant a blog and also provide some pointers as to what you can expect from it. I´ve basically got 8 months off work to learn Spanish, do a bit of travelling ... Read more >
