Blogs from Antigua, Capital Region, Guatemala, Central America Caribbean - page 87

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Tenkte jeg skulle samle blomsterbildene og bildene av lokale produkter paa ett sted. Har ikke tatt saa mange tekstilbilder enda, det kommer naar vi har vaert paa det virkelig store markedet i Chichicastenango, kanskje paa sondag!... read more
Bouigainvilleatak
Calla
Blomst


For the first time in a long time I actually sat next to strangers on a plane flight that were interesting. Gayle and Scott from Nebraska were next to me from Dallas to Guatemala City and the three-hour flight flew by (no pun intended). They were the exact opposite to me - conservatives from the mid-west who were very religious and home schooled their children. We had a great time discussing American foreign policy and the problems facing the USA. We decided it was mainly high fructose corn syrup. Surprisingly, we were in agreement on a lot of issues and they invited me to call on them next time I happened upon the mid-west. Scott was heading down to Guatemala for knee surgery as it was too expensive to do it in the USA as he ... read more
Beautiful Antigua
Some cathedral
Cathedral again.


Hei alle sammen! Naa er det endelig fredag og jeg er helt utslitt. Masse, masse spansk som er blitt puttet inn i hodet mitt og baade familien min og laereren min snakker naa til meg utelukkende paa spansk. Mandag faar jeg heller ikke lov til aa snakke engelsk paa skolen, hjelpe meg! I gaar fikk jeg en forsmak paa det aa vaere turist da jeg hadde en middels elefant eller saa trampende paa magen min (det kjentes iallefall saann ut!) Min mamma hadde samme problemet saa vi ressonnerte oss frem til at det maatte vaere eggene vi hadde til frokost. Ble iallefall lite sovn i natt, men naa har jeg begynt aa spise litt igjen. Orket ikke noe saerlig til lunch, men Estella (min mamma) sa jeg maatte faa i meg litt mat, saa jeg fikk ... read more
Antigua fra Cerro de la Cruz
Vaapenmann
Central Parque


Hoy es my fourth day in Antigua and I have already fallen in love with this place. The people are friendly, the town is amazing, and my school is awesome. It always stays between around 65 to 75 during the day. They call it the land of eternal spring. I have only had a couple classes and I am already having long, somewhat broken, conversations with my teacher. I didn´t think that I would be able to post photos but a girl has the same camera so she said she´d help me. On saturday me and a bunch of other girls from the school are going to the Pacific coast, which is supposed to be beautiful. When I come back I´ll have to upload some pictures of the black sand beaches, anteaters, and my painful sunburn. ... read more


I gaar var jeg med skolen ved Cerro de la Cruz, bykorset. Bare en liten hoyde bak byen men tungt nok i steiksol (hahahaha!). Der oppe fikk vi Antiguas historie, paa spansk selvsagt. Ene laereren paa skolen er fantastisk flink til aa fortelle paa veldig tydelig spansk, og saa supplerer han med engelsk hvis vi er helt lost. Forstaar faktisk en god del! Fikk et lite kick i dag da jeg satt og ventet paa ledig internett og jeg plutselig forstod deler av en lokal popsang! Uansett, paa Cerro de la Cruz hadde vi god utsikt til de tre vulkanene som omringer Antigua samt alle kaffefarmene. Det er fantastisk kaffe her! Begynner aa bli vant til los vulcanes naa, det er som sagt tre av dem og alle er aktive. Den ene er veldig aktiv, kommer ... read more
El Fuego
Macadamiatraer
Macadamianotter


I´m on day 5 of my holiday, and so far its been a really great experince. It started in Antgiua, an old colonial style town, with wonderful painted houses, and in the background stands a volcano. (I think it may still be active... trying to not think about that too much!) From Antigua we went on Panajachel, which is by Lake Atitlan. The lake is huge, and stunningly beautiful. That two is surronded by volcanos, making for really dramatic scenary. I´ve taken a million and one photos of the lake, none of which really do it justice. It is the most beautful place I think I´ve ever been too. I also took a morning trip up to Chichicastinango (or Chichi for short). This is a HUGE market, full of wonderful textiles and other handicrafts. I went ... read more
My bike ride


Today was my second day of spanish class in Antigua. I came into this trip with very minimal spanish and I cant really comunicate with anyone but Im trying desperately to learn. Im living with a family that has two younger kids. There is also a girl from Switzerland and another girl from D.C. in my house with me. At 19 years old Im the youngest student in the Probigua school at this moment. Im to be able to communicate with people in spanish in another week or so. Antigua is amazing but there are too many tourists. ... read more


Hola (again!) No photos this time, but I´ll try to keep it short! Then again, you know me! 7th Jan 06 Travelled by four chicken buses (one of them really with chickens) to Panajachel (¨Panahashel¨), which is a town right on Lago Atitlan. I am so glad we went the hard way and not by private transport. It was really interesting and fun. Further from Antigua, both the men and women increasingly dress in traditional Mayan dress and not for the tourists either. The indigenous population is generally extremely beautiful and graceful. They also tend to be unbelievably short (often less than 5ft) and I kept mistaking adults for children and then double taking when I noticed wrinkles. The young mothers carry their offspring in makeshift sacks of vivid colours, sometimes while balancing heavy packages on ... read more


Idag, mandag, startet livet mitt her i Antigua paa ordentlig. Siden jeg fortsatt har jeg lag var det aa staa opp halv syv for aa dusje ikke noe problem! La meg litt over ni i gaar kveld (omtrent to i hodet mitt) og klokken fire var jeg vaaken. Da jeg akkurat hadde sovnet igjen begynte hanen (el gallo, det lokale olmerket) aa gale. Saa da var det bare aa putte ipoden i orene og prove aa sove litt til... gikk til slutt! Etter en frokost bestaaende av lyst brod, varm melk med frokostblanding i og kaffe (nam, guatemalakaffe!) kjorte Hugo (uttales Ogo) meg til skolen. Han har en skikkelig fin bil, mye finere enn min kjaere lillebil (som jeg savner veldig!). Jeg bor i det ene hjornet av byen og skolen er i andre hjornet, tar ... read more




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