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contreras_alejandro - Alejandro Contreras

Alejandro Contreras Born and raised in Guatemala City, spent 3 years of my childhood in Caracas (Venezuela). Many years later, got a masters from UVA (Charlottesville, VA), and moved to Brazil, where I lived for 7 years (zig-zagging between Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro). Among other things, I'm an avid reader and enjoy photography. Currently living in San Salvador, El Salvador.
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Copan ruins
Copan ruins
Pyramid of inscriptions (if I remember well)
NOTE: this is the first entry of a new set of entries related to a multi-country trip from March to May of 2008. Honduras My main goal was to visit Roatán, the Hondurean Caribbean island. I knew, though, that just taking a plane from San Salvador to Roatán would be too easy, too little adventurous. So I decided to drive. Actually, my first thought was “not-to-fly”. The plan was to drive from San Salvador to Copán, then San Pedro Sula, La Ceiba, and take the ferry to Roatán. Since I did not have time to spend a night on the road [View Full Entry]

contreras_alejandro - Alejandro Contreras | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 11 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | 1029 words | [diary=275262] | 2008-05-12 05:29:58

Copan ruins
Copan ruins
Copan ruins

Lava Rivers
Lava Rivers
No more than 200 mt from the peak of Pacaya volcano
First of all, I am no volcanologist. So, bear with me, because I might use the wrong technical words for what I saw... The Pacaya volcano is an active volcano located approximately 30 km South of Guatemala City. Its summit is at 2552 mt. It is considered a "stratovolcano", which means it is tall, conical, has periodic, explosive eruptions, its lava is highly viscuous, cool and hardens before spreading too far (out of shame for writing something way too wrong, I just got this from Wikipedia). After approx 100 inactive, Pacaya erupted in 1961 and has pretty much been active since [View Full Entry]

contreras_alejandro - Alejandro Contreras | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 11 Photo(s) | 1 Video(s) | 557 words | [diary=82085] | 2006-08-21 06:14:22

Almost at the summit
Another take...
Early in the morning

Abismo Anhumas, Bonito
Abismo Anhumas, Bonito
The large hole on top of the cave (not where you descend)
April 11th, Day Four Yesterday, after settling into the hotel in Bonito (around 6 PM), I had enough time to think and decide what to do in the 3 or 4 days that I plan to stay here. Bonito has a relatively sophisticated touristic "ecosystem". It seems to be very hard to book a trip to any of the attractions without the support of a local tour agency. Agencies act as client relationship managers and help tourists understand what every attraction has (and has not) and book them for them. Bonito has also a good cohort of Tour Guides. These [View Full Entry]

contreras_alejandro - Alejandro Contreras | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 13 Photo(s) | 1 Video(s) | 2296 words | [diary=48825] | 2006-03-27 05:06:04

Boca da Onca, Bonito
Rio da Prata, Bonito
Abismo Anhumas, Bonito

Written in March '06, this is an account of a 8000 km (5 K miles) long trip I did in April'05 through the Brazilian Midwest. It all started in Rio de Janeiro and finished, well, in Rio de Janeiro. I drove all the way from Rio, through Sao Paulo, to the Mato Grosso do Sul state, where I visited a place called Bonito; a few days later I drove north to the Mato Grosso state, where I spent some time in the northern area of Pantanal and in Chapada dos Guimaraes; I then drove East to the Goias state, where I [View Full Entry]

contreras_alejandro - Alejandro Contreras | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 10 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | 2165 words | [diary=48803] | 2006-03-26 03:46:32

Castelo Branco Highway in SP state
Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul
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