Trip: Central America Adventure
There are [38] stories from my trip: Central America Adventure
NICARAGUA | Saturday, 8 Jan 2011 | Views [751] | Comments [2]
It's amazing, when you plan something out for almost a year, but yet you still have no idea what to expect. I really had no idea what to expect from School Yoga Institute, in fact, I never even took a look at their website before I showed up at Aqua ... Read more >
Tags: beach, nicaragua, poem, questions, school, school yoga institute, self, surfing, yoga
NICARAGUA | Friday, 7 Jan 2011 | 
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School Yoga Institute
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HONDURAS | Tuesday, 4 Jan 2011 | Views [520]
After losing a day due to civil unrest in Guatemala we catch a 4 am bus and make it to Copan Ruinas, Honduras by noon. Having limited time here, we put our tiredness aside and go on a horseback ride up into the mountains. The ride is nice, the scenery ... Read more >
Tags: birth, copan ruinas, honduras, horseback riding, los sapos, mayan
HONDURAS | Tuesday, 4 Jan 2011 | Flickr Photo Gallery
Horseback ride to Los Sapos
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GUATEMALA | Monday, 3 Jan 2011 | Views [1231]
We left San Marcos in a collectivo heading to Honduras. At midday we where suppose to switch vans in Antigua and then head across the border to Copan Ruinas, Honduras. An hour before we reached Antigua we came to a complete traffic jam on the highway.... Read more >
Tags: civil unrest, highway, protest, roadblock, veterans
GUATEMALA | Monday, 3 Jan 2011 | Flickr Photo Gallery
veteran roadblock
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GUATEMALA | Monday, 27 Dec 2010 | Views [821]
From Chichicastenango, we took a windy bus ride heading south to the volcano flanked Lake Atitlan. From the bus stop in Panajachel, we took a launcha (small motor boat) to San Marcos, a small town known for it's mystical feel. We checked into the ... Read more >
Tags: cliff jumping, fireworks, guatemala, kayaks, lago atitlan, mayan sauna, new years eve, san marcos, san pedro volcano, yoga
GUATEMALA | Monday, 27 Dec 2010 | Flickr Photo Gallery
The beautiful Lago Atitlan and the many villages that line it
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GUATEMALA | Sunday, 26 Dec 2010 | Views [570] | Comments [1]
Market day, in one of Guatemala´s most Mayan towns in the Western Highlands, is like being immersed in a wave of colors, patterns and textures. It is sensory overload and¨Chichi¨ is just one very interesting place to be. It has twin churches that ... Read more >
Tags: chichicastenango, church, guatemala, highlands, market day, mayan, mayan ritual, textiles
GUATEMALA | Sunday, 26 Dec 2010 | Flickr Photo Gallery
market day in Chi Chi
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GUATEMALA | Friday, 24 Dec 2010 | Views [577] | Comments [1]
Antigua is the first colonial style town that we have visited in Guatemala. It´s perfect grid of cobblestone streets and many plazas would have you thinking you were in Spain. Antigua is surrounded by at least three volcanoes, a few still active, ... Read more >
Tags: antigua guatemala, christmas day, christmas eve, colonial town, fireworks, street festival
GUATEMALA | Friday, 24 Dec 2010 | Flickr Photo Gallery
xmas in Antigua
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GUATEMALA | Thursday, 23 Dec 2010 | Views [655] | Comments [1]
After leaving Flores, we take a nine hour bus ride, in which DJs seat is a nice comfy bucket (only for the last couple hours :)), to Lanquin. It is high up in the mountains and our hostel has awesome 360 degree views, a river, and puppies! We get ... Read more >
GUATEMALA | Thursday, 23 Dec 2010 | Flickr Photo Gallery
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GUATEMALA | Tuesday, 21 Dec 2010 | Views [590]
Yay, crossing borders is interesting! Our taxi driver in Belize that was taking us to the border crossing warned us, ¨People in Guatemala are crazy! They put black beans on everything!¨ So of course we were very concerned. We where lucky to catch the ... Read more >
Tags: december 21st 2010, guatemala, mayan ceremony, tikal, winter solstice
GUATEMALA | Tuesday, 21 Dec 2010 | Flickr Photo Gallery
Winter Solstice celebration in Tikal
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BELIZE | Monday, 20 Dec 2010 | Views [488]
From Caye Caulker, we hitched a ride with some locals to San Ignacio to go to the Actun Tunichil Muchnal Cave. This is a pretty intense tour of a newly discovered Mayan sacrificial site, set deep inside a spooky cave. In Belize 95% of caves (and there ... Read more >
Tags: actun tunichil muchnal, atm cave, mayan, pottery, sacrifices, san ignacio belize
BELIZE | Monday, 20 Dec 2010 | Flickr Photo Gallery
Spelunking through a Mayan cave
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BELIZE | Thursday, 16 Dec 2010 | Views [613]
From Orange Walk we headed south to Belize City in order to take a water taxi to the island of Caye Caulker, a very small island that was actually cut it half by a hurricane a few years ago. We stayed right on the water at a place called Miramar. ... Read more >
Tags: belize, caye caulker, fishing, kayaking, rasta, snorkeling, sunrise, sunset, yoga
BELIZE | Thursday, 16 Dec 2010 | Flickr Photo Gallery
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