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.
June 24th 2008Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Guatemala City Dearest friends, family, and people I only kind of know, How are all of you? things here are going pretty good. I've been teaching a lot and studying Spanish a lot too. I met a girl that I like and we ... [full story]
June 21st 2008Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Guatemala City Hola Amig@s,
So first Ì'll tell you that here they use the sign "@", to write o and a at the same time so: Amig@s = Amigas y Amigos!
I was talking about a secret destination, well our "secret" gui ... 12 photos[full story]
May 26th 2008Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Guatemala City Hola!
A quick message to tell you all I am in Guatemala now.
Everything went very well.
And my one and only Schnucki was at the airport to collect me.
Yiiipeeee!!!!!!! Finaly, after 3 months, ... 2 photos[full story]
May 23rd 2008Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Guatemala City Hello!!!
Et voilà, je suis reparti.
Ik vertrek binnen enkele minuten.
That's it I am leaving to GUATEMALA today!!!!
Nadja has been there for over 3 months doing volunteer work and now we're goin ... 1 photos[full story]
May 1st 2008Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Guatemala City This week has been eye-opening. After being here for nearly a month, I'm only now really experiencing the two sides of life that I had heard about. The dichotomy between rich and poor is very evident ... [full story]
April 25th 2008Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Guatemala City Yesterday afternoon was a sobering break from the constant celebration of last week. We started our afternoon activities at the tomb of Monsenor Girardi, who was a bishop in Guatemala who wrote a book ... 7 photos[full story]
April 22nd 2008Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Guatemala City Que Onda? Estoy muy chido. Life here is going pretty good. I have a good rhythm. I've been going out to the bars by myself and have made some real Guatemalan friends. It's a lot more fun than going ou ... [full story]
April 10th 2008Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Guatemala City Yesterday we learned how to make chocolate! We went to the house of our driver, Don Francisco, and his 82 year old mother taught us how to make chocolate, Guatemalan style. She was so sweet, and obvio ... 5 photos[full story]
April 10th 2008Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Guatemala City ja somit bin ich gestern dann in guatemala city angekommen, und war freudig ueberrascht das ich doch ein wenig spanisch kann, denn in cuba hatte ich ja kein wort verstanden.
und wenn ich auch den gan ... [full story]
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