GUATEMALA | Thursday, 6 Jul 2006 | Views [520]
Today I just got back from a two day trip, hiking up a volcano that also holds the title as the highest point in Central America, Tajumulco! On Wednesday we left at 6am and started our climb around 10. It took us until 4pm to get to the site where ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
GUATEMALA | Sunday, 2 Jul 2006 | Views [440]
... We finally arrived in Flores and went onto Tikal, putting our travel time to a slightly less impressive time of 6 1/2 hours. We ended up staying on the campgrounds in hammocks...ADVENTURE #7. Our hammocks were arranged as such that we were under ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
GUATEMALA | Saturday, 1 Jul 2006 | Views [485]
It has been quite a busy week for Amelia and I adventurewise and travelwise. On Tuesday the 27th we bid farewell to Chimiyá and caught the 8:00 chicken bus to go to Guatemala City. Chicken buses=old, schoolbus vehicles that fit as many people ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
GUATEMALA | Sunday, 25 Jun 2006 | Views [1334]
Just so we stay on our toes at Chimiyá, the goats we have recently purchased have taken to trying to kill themselves on a daily basis. Be it jumping through barb-wired fences to eat the neighbor´s crops, running away from home, or more creativly ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
GUATEMALA | Tuesday, 20 Jun 2006 | Views [826]
One comical story to start out...yesterday Amelia, Kat, and I were
planting trees/talking and a bunch of indigenous peeps were coming to
the park and we ended up talking to one woman in particular who was
interested in what we were doing. We tried ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
GUATEMALA | Friday, 16 Jun 2006 | Views [576]
It has been quite an adventurous week here Guatemala! I spent the
first week with family and such, running all around Guatemala City,
going to concerts, and traveling around a tiny bit. Sunday, the 12th,
we went to the beach and had a lot ... Read more >
Tags: Work
