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Walking the Plank in the Rio Dulce

Happy New Year, Everyone! We have been back on the boat in the Rio Dulce, Guatemala since December 13, 2009. The boat was in great shape when we arrived, with 12 coats of new varnish on the outside of the boat and much of the interior revarnished. The marina had also cleaned the decks as...

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bobandglennda on January 2, 2010 from Fronteras, Guatemala

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Disasters in Ecotourism

Ok, so I´ve been told by one of my close college friends that Lago de Atitlan or Lake Atitlan was one of the most beautiful places in the world. She was right. This lake is surrounded by volcanos and boasts amazing views. One problem. As of this year, the lake is completely contaminated and is...

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joshandmary on December 25, 2009 from San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala

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A BIG DAY

So Xela has proven to be both super educational and somewhat life-changing. After busting our butts with 5 hour long Spanish lessons for the week, Josh and I decided to hike the highest peak in Central America- Volcan Tajumulco. That´s right- the highest peak is actually a dorman...

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joshandmary on December 16, 2009 from Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

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Crossing the border to Guatemala---Let the adventures begin

We made it to Guatemala and this place is absolutely nuts. It´s Dec 5th and as we drive Mexico into Guatemala (border crossing pics will be posted because it is insane) I start feeling a sense of uneasiness I hadnt yet felt before. In some sense, starting our trip off in Mexico was sort of...

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joshandmary on December 11, 2009 from Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

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Leaving paradise..

..coming to city-life, after 8 horrible hours on a shuttlebus without a chance to sleep OR rest, since the driver obviously was ready to get us killed a couple of times.. We were 10 pax in the bus, the five of us, plus the five from alaska. We finally arrived in Antigua about 3.30 pm, all of us...

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mshera on November 1, 2009 from Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala

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Lanquin and Semuc Champey

After 7 hours on a shuttle from Flores, we arrived at El Retiro in Lanquin! So beautiful :) On the shuttle we got to know 5 people from Alaska, two girls and two boys. We checked in, had a chill evening with fish buffèt and got to know a bunch of people. Saturday morning we had a superb...

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mshera on October 30, 2009 from Lanquin, Guatemala

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Guatemala, the most colorful country <3

After Caye Caulker in Belize, I got into a shuttlebus to Flores, Guatemala. Got to know Juni & Joar, a norwegian siblingcouple, Nick, a german guy and Kristel, a girl from Holland :) They soon become my "family" :) We checked in to hotel Mirador in Flores, it was nice, beautiful view to the...

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mshera on October 28, 2009 from Flores, Guatemala

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Lake Atitlan

Most every city, town and country side out side of Guatemala City is abundantly green. Lake Atitlán is located in the high mountains so our drive from Guatemala City to the lake was a beautiful. The higher up we got the more agriculture fields we saw. When we were in Antigua we were wondering...

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ryan & debbrial on October 24, 2009 from Panajachel, Guatemala

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The Final Challenge

Well Night One of sleeping in the van did NOT work out so great. We started by trying to find a safe and quiet street to park on. In our past four days in Antigua we agreed this is a nice, family community town and we would have no problems sleeping on the street. We draped up sheets around all...

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ryan & debbrial on October 23, 2009 from Guatemala, Guatemala

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Our Amazing Race: Challenge Buying a Van in Guatemala

Our five day car search finally came to an end!!! The first day we walked all around town like chickens with our heads cut off. We collect and call numbers out of the newspaper classifieds, searched the main street where for sale cars are parked and asked tons of locals where to buy a vehicle....

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ryan & debbrial on October 22, 2009 from Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala

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