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Background: The Maya civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experienced a variety of military and civilian governments as well as a 36-year guerrilla war. In 1996, the government signed a peace agreement formally ending the conflict, which had left more than 100,000 people dead and had created some 1 million refugees.



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Grilling
Grilling
Her er de fleste laererne aktive rundt grillen. Min er han med papplaten. Her varmes tomatene for de flaaes og blir til salsa. Mmm!
Hei alle sammen! Hvordan gaar det med dere der hjemme? Savner dere - og savner oppdateringer paa dagliglivet deres! Lov aa sende mail og lov aa legge inn kommentarer :) Fredag var siste dag paa skolen. Vi var mildt sagt litt lei av skolen og var villige til aa gjore mye for aa slippe aa ha undervisning. Torsdag ble det kalt sammen til raad ved Trudes bord i hjornet av hagen paa skolen og snart var alle elever og laerere samlet der. Det foregikk selvsagt paa spansk og var i det hele tatt gaske moro! Etter litt frem og tilbake var [View Full Entry]

margrethe - Margrethe Nergaard | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 24th 2006 | 303 Views | [diary=42653]

Guacamole
Grillfest!
Ferge!

We have begun learning to speak the language... We arrived in Antiuga last Thursday and got ourselves situated, found our language school and host family, which are at complete opposite ends of town. Jeff and I are actually thankful for that, the walk is much appreciated after the meals we are fed. This morning alone I was served 2 banannas, 3 pieces of pinapple, a piece of papaya, 1 piece of melon, 2 pieces of bread all on one plate! plus a coffee and an orange juice. After we stuff our faces full of fruit, while our host family mother Dora [View Full Entry]

bradylady - Amanda Brady | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 21st 2006 | 258 Views | [diary=42432]


Javel, ikkje saa flink aa oppdatere, men her komer det en liten en: naa sitter jeg her i guatemala aa slapper av paa la fuente. jeg vil tro at det er ca 30 grader ute og klokka er halv elleve. Det gaar veldig greit paa skolen, masse verb og boyinger aa huske paa men det er veldig kjekt. vi har vaert saa heldige aa truffet sinnsykt mange hyggelige mennesker, nesten alle her er fra belgia, saa det gaar mye i fransk. I helgaa har vi vaert i monterrico, som ligger ved stillehavskysten, aa slikket sol. Jeg ble en del rod i [View Full Entry]

Sussi - Susanne Morales Ree | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 20th 2006 | 64 Views | [diary=42217]


Sakaric, nan! (at least I think that is hello in K'iche, the local language, so say the kids next to me playing grand theft auto) so this will be my first ever blog, or open journal, or whatever you want to call it. It has been about a week here in Guatemala, though it feels like a month. As some of you might be wondering, and others already know, I was supposed to have left two weeks ago, but didn't. Embarrasingly enough it was because I had misplaced my wallet the day I was supposed to leave. I ended up finding [View Full Entry]

miguelito - mikael dooha | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 16th 2006 | 181 Views | [diary=41442]


Ja vel! Daa har me forlatt falleferdige deilige Cuba, sagt adjoe til alle vakre che guavara bileter og antakelig tatt vaart siste blikk paa Castro! Vaar kjaere kokk Felipe ser me nok antakeleg heller aldri igjen! No har me intatt Guatemala! Og her er det ikkje minst like deilig! Typisk kvardagsleg med 30 grader og sol, ca. 10-12 grader om kvelden. Saers fin og ven stad. Saers mykje meir amerikanisert enn Cuba for aa sei det saann, plutseleg er der burger king og mcDonalds her. Litt anti, men det ser iallefall litt reinare ut rundt om kring, og paa eteplassane. Paa [View Full Entry]

Globetr ttar - Anja Eie | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 15th 2006 | 153 Views | [diary=41372]


Trude!
Trude!
Trude har bursdag! Hurra!
I dag har Trude bursdag! Hurra! Trude feiret 5 aars jubileum for 18-aars dagen - moro! Dagen har blitt feiret med aa spise kake paa cafe condesa - nammenam! Som dere kanskje ser av bildet, saa skal vi ikke klage! Det er Helene sin da... Og for herligheten betalte vi rundt 35 kroner! Paa tirsdag har Helene bursdag - og for de glemsomme saa er det mindre enn tre uker til min (18 dager for aa vaere noyaktig). Saa det blir mye feiring fremover! Paa Helene sin bursdag har vi planer om aa gaa ut og spise fin middag, skikkelig biffmiddag [View Full Entry]

margrethe - Margrethe Nergaard | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 16th 2006 | 152 Views | [diary=41416]

Jesus elsker alle barna....
Sjokoladedrom og iskaffe!
Meg!

Hi all Have had a lovely two weeks in Antigua.. whoever thought cramming Spanish for 6 hours a day could be such fun?! Slowly but surely am dragging it back from the depths of my subconscious! Antigua, Guatemala is a very chilled, very lovely city with loads of ruins and cafes and places to visit. The climate is perfect, warm sunny days but cool evenings. And compared to the rest of centroamerica I think it is probably pretty luxurious too. We even had hot showers. I've spent the time living with a family and socialising with students from the US, UK, [View Full Entry]

BexProfit - Becky Profit | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 14th 2006 | 190 Views | [diary=41183]

The Gang at Reds

Morten og Helene
Morten og Helene
Dette er da mine to venner Morten og Helene. Sondag spiste vi pannekaker til frokost paa Finca Macadamia - som dere ser er de akkurat like normale som alle mine andre venner!
Vi er glidd inn i Guatemalamodus her nede, det vil si at vi egentlig ikke gjor saa veldig mye! Stort sett bestaar dagene av aa vaere paa skolen, spise lunch, dusje de dagene vi har vann, dra til Antigua og henge paa La Fuente, for vi tar en overfyllt buss tilbake til San Juan, spiser middag, gjor litt lekser og slukner rundt ni. Har aldri sovet saa mye som her nede, sover fra cirka ni til halv syv hver dag, det er ni-ti timer det - det gjor jeg sjelden ellers altsaa! Familien min omtaler februar som "un poco loco" - [View Full Entry]

margrethe - Margrethe Nergaard | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 14th 2006 | 243 Views | [diary=41212]

Snoopysokkene fra Ingrid
Helene og jeg

Hello Everyone! I made it to Guatemala with no problems and the immersion process is now in full effect. My first day in Central America was very long with a big dose of excitement and culture shock all thrown together. I started the day off at 3:30am with only two hours of sleep due to anticipation and a late night call from my buddy Tam (appreciate it). The first leg to Miami was great. The guy sitting beside me on the plane was a 17 year old kid from Chile. His name was Jose Antonio Droso Merino Kypreos aka Pepe (No [View Full Entry]

Curl - Jeremy Curl | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 26th 2006 | 319 Views | [diary=40598]

Pepe de Chile
Leaving Guatemala City
Arrival in Antigua

Livet gaar naa sin vante gang her nede og uten kamera blir det lite bilder og kjedelig aa oppdatere bloggen! Men idag gjor jeg et unntak! :D Det ser forresten ut som jeg faar et nytt kamera til helgen, takket vaere verdens snilleste soster og en norsk jente som reiser fra Oslo ned hit paa fredag. Tusen takk til dere begge! Jeg bor fortsatt i San Juan hos verdens greieste familie, har fortsatt bare vann annenhver dag og synes spanske verb er et djevelens verk! Men det begynner aa komme seg! Naa har jeg halvannen uke igjen paa skolen og vil [View Full Entry]

margrethe - Margrethe Nergaard | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 8th 2006 | 246 Views | [diary=40057]