Studying in the evening

It was not unusual to have fierce thunder and lightening storms in the afternoon and evening. Several times we were without power, so we relied on candles for light. This photo was taken during one of our evening study sessions.

La Escuela de la Montana

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

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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

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