http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Capital-Region/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Guatemala , Capital Region en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 19:22:50 +0000 Sat, 25 May 2013 19:22:50 +0000 http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Capital-Region/Pacaya/blog-785225.html We woke up a bit dazed today at 6am realising we had slept pretty much a solid 14 hours We obviousy needed it We well I was were absolutely starving as we had slept through dinner last night so we got up and changed and quickly headed out to go in search of breakie. We stumbled across a place that had a few people in it which is always a good sign saw that they did coffee and crepes and we we http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Capital-Region/Antigua/blog-783690.html We had to get up really early this morning...like in the 439s to catch the 5.04am train to Newark Airport. We said our goodbyes to Susan who dropped us off at the train station what an absolute trooper after driving us around the East Coast of the states all weekWe made it through the longest security process in history at Newark Airport including having one of those crazy xrays where you hav http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Capital-Region/Antigua/blog-783412.html Guatemala Puerto Quetzal Tuesday April 23rd 2013 Terry is off to get our prebreakfast coffee I am slowly packing for a LONG day. We leave the ship at 930 for an hour and half commented drive to Antigua an old colonial capital. We then tour the town on our own for 3 and a half hours and return to the ship by 4 in time for trivia and another win Puerto Quetzal is a secure working maj http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Capital-Region/Antigua/blog-782514.html So I haven39t kept up with my blog at all this trip so I am going to try and catch it up. I apologize this is going to be all over the place and probably the worst grammar I39m just writing things as I remember them. Jan 12 .... Guatemala Mom and dad drive me to Hoboken to have dinner at an awesome cuban restaurant and then crash at Terry and Katie lennons house for the night. Well we didnt http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Capital-Region/Antigua/blog-781199.html My trip to Antigua was more of a holiday than an adventure I went somewhere hotter and prettier than home I put on suncream every morning and carried my sunglasses everywhere without ever remembering to put them on I abided by the icecreamaday rule I took a ridiculous number of photos and the time I spent in churches and art galleries increased exponentially. La Antigua Guatemala was the cap http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Capital-Region/Antigua/blog-781034.html Na vijf en een halve maand zit mijn ff wat anders erop. Ik ben net weer thuis en druk bezig met tijdzones temperatuurverschillen en mijn familie eindelijk weer zien. De afgelopen maanden zijn interessant en leerzaam geweest in een hoop opzichten. Conclusie ik kan in ieder geval aardig tegen de warmte.Maar voordat ik in een al te serieuze stemming kom een kleine samenvatting van de afgelopen we http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Capital-Region/Antigua/blog-780931.html The very first hint is to try using the actual most clean and lots of very helpful info about your internet website those who39re moving in your site will still only read it in case the content articles do understand together with advantageous. The word what first effects is the final impression is very suitable. In spite of how outstanding the details are when the glance will not be intere http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Capital-Region/San-Felipe-de-Jesus/blog-780459.html ClownsWe are tall here.So it was that wandering down busy 6th Avenida in Guate we couldn39t just be silent observers of a performance from a clown side note Guatemala City loves clowns. We watched and giggled for a while as a tall American tourist was subjected to the customary humilation and at that point we tried to wander off.Not so fast. There39s nothing quite like http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Capital-Region/Guatemala-City/blog-779919.html The whole Catholic world prepares for the biggest event in the Church calendar. In Europe believers are busy with their lenten vows shopping for the Holy Week celebrations and attending evening mass. In Guatemala people build beautifuly decorated carpets made of saw dust flowers and fruit and organise whole day long processions every Sunday. We were lucky to be part of one of them.The abundance http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Capital-Region/Antigua/blog-779392.html Aloha cheeky bit of Hawaiin to get this blog started from AntiguaAgain getting here was a bit of a nightmare can you see a pattern forming too So after our slightly uncomfortable chicken bus ride into Chiquimula we decided to treat ourselves with an express direct bus for the next leg of our journey. We even said the words lets definitely go on the direct one its much safer and http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Capital-Region/Antigua/blog-779325.html The leaf What am I leaving behind The stick What moment is going to stick with me The rock What rocked Half an hour ago we had to answer these questions about the trip as we sat around the campfire beneath an abundance of stars. After two weeks of the most unique and incredible experiences of our lives we all certainly had a pile of leaves sticks and rocks to sort through. How do we choos http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Capital-Region/Antigua/blog-778782.html Hi everyone Today is our second last day here in Guatemala our trip is sadly coming to a close. We have had many exciting adventures and learned so much over the past two weeks. Today we had to wake up super early 400AM We all had trouble getting out of bed as it was freezing cold and we were all tired after working on Thursday. We left the site at 430AM to see a procession happened in Te http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Capital-Region/blog-778650.html Hola from Guatemala It has come to my understanding that we haven39t had an updated blog entry in a couple of days. So to all the worried parents out there don39t worry We are all okay. There have apparently been a few earthquakes in the past few days but they have been while we were fast asleep so we did not feel them. Today was our last working day and also our hardest. There were ma http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Capital-Region/blog-778499.html Na enkele drukke dagen heb ik eindelijk de tijd gevonden om de laatste blog over Guatemala te schrijven. Daarna zal het waarschijnlijk wel even duren vooraleer ik weer een nieuwe blog schrijf zowel omdat jullie voorlopig wel voldoende leesvoer hebben en omdat ik nu eenmaal niet zulke spannende avonturen beleef in Miami als in Guatemala... Dag 5 De eerste filmdagEindelijk was de dag aangebroken http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Capital-Region/Antigua/blog-778476.html After we woke up and had breakfast we waited for the kids to arrive at Project Somos for Kids39 Day. 150 kids from the village came 50 more than last year. What was amazing was that all of them were smiling happily. We prepared various activity stations for the children. The most popular one was the playground which our school and St.Georges have spent more than a week building it. For the http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Capital-Region/blog-778266.html ArrivalAnd so we arrive a little frazzled without our bags but just happy to be somewhere close to bedtime. With taxi overpaid for we set off to the central hotel we39ve booked. Easy peasy we think. Er not quite. It turns out that Hotel Colonial 7th avenida is far from enough of an address for a taxi driver to be able to find a place. And so begins one of the longest silliest http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Capital-Region/Guatemala-City/blog-778105.html I thought that I would take a few minutes to comment on our students39 efforts working here in Guatemala on Project Somos.Today 150 children from the surrounding local communities came to play Students form St Georges and Southridge had organized games puppet and jewellry making palnting seeds for minature gardens in plastic bottles bowling soccer a scavenger hunt and an adaptation of duc http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Capital-Region/Antigua/blog-778103.html Hello everyone Im not sure how many people are actually following this blog but thats alright. I was supposed to blog yesterday but sadly the internet was being difficult so Im blogging this morning. Yesterday morning we were still enjoying the beautiful sights and sounds of Lake Atitlan. We woke up and enjoyed a cooked breakfast on the rooftop of our hotel. As you can imagine it was http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Capital-Region/Antigua/blog-778091.html Ik heb mijn weekend volledig besteed aan babysitten dus ik krijg nu pas de kans om het tweede deel te schrijven. Hopelijk kan ik Deel 3 later deze week afleveren.Ik heb vorige keer enkel de eerste dag kunnen bespreken dus ik zal beginnen te vertellen vanaf dag 2 en dan zien we wel waar we geraken Dag 2 De kennismakingOnze eerste volledig dag in Guatemala was gevuld met activiteiten. Eerst zou http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Capital-Region/Antigua/blog-778040.html