Blogs from Guatemala City, Capital Region, Guatemala, Central America Caribbean

After a long day of travel, I've finally made it to my destination, my elementary school classmate's home in Guatemala. Over twenty years ago we said goodbee and have kept in touch through the years. Seeing her at the airport was great, I felt already at home in this country she's already assured me I will want to-return to. Shes young and fabulous and I'm already incredibly grateful to her for taking his week to be my traveling buddy. After a shower and a good nights sleep, I'm feeling pretty confident that jet lag won't be as bad as if I was going forward in time by several hours. I always seem to need a refresher course when traveling internationally as I forget the craziness we go through in our attempts to econnect the earth and ... read more

Guatemala, meer dan andere landen in Centraal Amerika behoud zij haar cultuur misschien wel het meest. Of in ieder geval is het het meest zichtbaar. De grootste Indiaanse bevolkingsgroep leven nog volgens eeuwenoude tradities en dragen traditionele klederdracht wat bijzonder kleurrijk is. Dit is zichtbaar in Antigua, de eerte stad van Centraal Amerika als we dit mogen geloven van een lokale man zittend op de rand van een fontein. Antigua kent zijn pracht en praal en dat is niet onontdekt gebleven. Waar klederdracht echt tot zijn recht kwam was op de weekend markt in Solola. De markt wordt gehouden voor lokale bewoners wat niet wil zeggen dat wij de enige buitenlanders waren maar één van de weinigen wat bijzonder is. De markt was druk en daarom hielden wij ons op aan het park waar mensen zaten ... read more

Highlight: Fussballmatch Guatemala-Venezuela das Guatemala leider mit 2:0 verliert. Dennoch tolle Stimmung...... read more

I've given into peer-pressure and have decided to create a blog to keep anyone interested in following what I'm up to. It's also helping to distract from the realistation that I haven't packed, have no itinerary, speak terrible Spanish and am off - ON MY OWN - in 3 days time, to a part of the world I've only ever seen on Jurrasic Park. I plan to keep you updated on the following: - General mishaps (I expect to be just as clumsy in another continent) - My quest to find a Peruvian/Colombian/insert exotic nationality here boyfriend - How close I am to reaching size zero through regular bouts of dysentry Wish me luck...... read more

As I had been in the capital one night previous, I made my way back to the same hotel (Hotel Capri in zona 1) as that was the easiest choice, Plus I loved the rooftop terrace on which the rooms were located too. The room they gave me this time had a window looking out east, and when I put my head on the pillow, I could look right up to the sky through it, which was great because the hotel was right on the landing route for Guatemala airport. Big jets flying really low, and I could look right up to their bellies. When I was having a smoke on the rooftop terrace that late afternoon, the evening guard came up and took out a joint from his inner jacket pocket. He offered me some ... read more

Wow! I can't believe I finally made it! After I breazed through customs, the fabulous Lis was waiting outside to pick me up. We made a stop at her work where they do online training courses to speak english with an American accent. They were in need of a female primary english speaker for one of the courses so I volonteered!!! It was fun. After that went back to the house and I napped for a bit while Lis went back to work. After making some yummy soup with arroz y chipilin ( a leafy herb), we went to hang out with some of her friends in Zona 1, none of whom spoke any english! I had so much fun. We drank some beers and had a bit of 420 vibe goining as well. After ... read more

Some pix of the Ceramoteca where I spend my days...... read more