Man collecting wood

La Escuela de la Montana

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June 27th 2006
Hello everyone, I finally made it back to Xela yesterday from two weeks at the mountain school. I spent this past weekend in Tilapa Beach (near the border of Mexico) doing a volunteer project. More about that later though. The mountain school is about 1.5 hrs southwest of Xela. It was developed in 1997 as a sister school to Proyecto Linguistico Quetzalteco in Xela. The mountain school is w ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Western Highlands » Laguna Chicabal

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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