Guatemala
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Wednesday, 28 Feb 2007 | Views [1731]
Roatan, an island 50km off the coast of Honduras in the Carribean, and the destination for a weeks worth of sleeping, eating and snorkelling. To get to the island we had to make for La Ceiba where we would catch a ferry to the island. In our ignorance, ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Tuesday, 27 Feb 2007 | Photo Gallery
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Tuesday, 27 Feb 2007 | Photo Gallery
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Tuesday, 27 Feb 2007 | Views [1662]
The only way to get to Livingstone is by boat down the Rio Dulce river. From Flores we got a bust tp Rio Dulce, where we got a lancha to take us down river to the fairly small village of Livingstone, on the small section of Carribean coast which is ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Tuesday, 27 Feb 2007 | Views [1704]
The primary reason for our visit to Flores, was to take a day trip to the ruins of Tikal. To us it was just a bonus that the village of Flores was so nice. It is a little penninula which just into Lake Peten Itza and which is connected to the mailand ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Tuesday, 27 Feb 2007 | Photo Gallery
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Tuesday, 27 Feb 2007 | Views [1664] | Comments [1]
We had a bit of an adventure getting to Flores, the place from which we planned to visit the ruins of Tikal in Guatemala´s north. When we were in Antigua, we booked ourselves a bus ticket from Antigua to Flores, we later realised that we would need to ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
Sunday, 11 Feb 2007 | Views [1860] | Comments [5]
For the past few days, we have been chilling out on the shores of Lake Atitlan. The lake is formed in a Calderra (collapsed volcanic cone)and it covers 128 sq/km and reaches depths of more the 320m. As we hit the top of the volcanic rim, we looked ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Sunday, 11 Feb 2007 | Views [1425]
On Thursdays and Sundays the town of Chichicastenango comes alive - it hosts one of the largest indigenous markets in Guatemala. We decided to do a day trip there for the Sunday Markets. Chichi is in the Guatemalan Highlands, and the bus ride was simply ... Read more >
Tags: Markets
Tuesday, 6 Feb 2007 | Views [2077] | Comments [7]
Volcano Pacaya is an active volcano that is about 1.5 hours drive from Antigua, and for US$7 you get to go on a guided walk to the top. To us, this is an offer too good to refuse, so on Friday 2/02 Pete and I left Antigua for the 7 hour sunset tour ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Tuesday, 6 Feb 2007 | Views [528]
Seems that Antigua has run out of Quetsales (local currency!), so while Pete is in one of the queues to try and get some form of cash - I thought that I would take the chance to get some of my thoughts about Antigua and Guatemala up here! We arrived ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Monday, 5 Feb 2007 | Photo Gallery
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Sunday, 4 Feb 2007 | Photo Gallery
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