Boys at the market...

Out and about in Nebaj

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January 12th 2009
High up in the Western Highlands, in the Cuchumantes Mountains, sits Nebaj, the largest of the towns in the Ixil triangle. Home to the small group of Ixil Maya it is rich in culture,blessed with beautiful countryside and scarred with history. As the civil war raged from the late 70´s until ´96, fifteen to twenty thousand people were killed and nearly all of the smaller villages destroyed. The ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala

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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 experience... ... read more