Friday, 12 Dec 2008 | Views [638]
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 >
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Tuesday, 2 Dec 2008 | Views [1587] | 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 >
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Tuesday, 2 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery
Photos from various excursions around Xela
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Tuesday, 25 Nov 2008 | Views [4118]
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 >
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Monday, 24 Nov 2008 | Photo Gallery
photos from the hike up volcan santa maria
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Saturday, 15 Nov 2008 | Photo Gallery
A few random photos that I´ve taken but don´t warrant being in a gallery
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Saturday, 15 Nov 2008 | Views [2348] | 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 >
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Friday, 14 Nov 2008 | Photo Gallery
Photos from Oaxaca and trip to Monte Alban
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Tuesday, 4 Nov 2008 | Views [569]
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 >
