The Side of Guatemala City That Most Tourists Don't See

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August 19th 2012

Published: August 20th 2012

Note: Anything highlighted in blue is a link to another website – mostly the organizations I’m mentioning in this blog. Last time I came to Guatemala I, like most tourists, headed out of Guatemala City within a couple of days and went to Xela, Antigua and Lago de Atitlán. I had no interest in this busy, dirty, polluted city. This time I came to Guatemala City because of a project called Kare... Read Full Entry

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Diamant

Nottanya

Growing up as a military brat, I have traveled all my life. I know, like most travelers, I know that there is nothing to fear about being in a strange place. Being used to foreign countries, I just get on airplanes and figure it out from there. I know so many people who have done so much more travel than me. ... but this is my story and it's not so bad. I traveled through Africa in 2003. Including Tanzania, Kenya, and Nigeria. I traveled to Guatemala and Honduras in 2005. From 2007 to 2009 I moved to Seoul, Korea from Austin, Texas to teach in Korean schools. I needed a change in my lif... full info

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A boy choosing flavors of soy milk

A boy getting a cookie

Children from the dump

A woman hauling recyclables behind them

Groupo de Soya Santa Maria Bakery

Chuck helping make cookies

Twisting cookies

They are adorable

Hanging out with their cookies and soy milk

Grupo de Soya Santa Maria

View of the bakery looking through a window from inside the church

View from the church towards the entrance of the dump

Heading down towards the squatters camp

notice the large sacks of plastic recyclables on the roof

Inside the church that houses the bakery

Christopher

such a good baby who waited quietly while his mother distributed the soy milk and cookies

soy products in the shop run by Grupo Santa Maria

Shampoo, cremes, and other things

soy shampoo made by a farmer in Chimaltenango

Grupo de Soya Santa Maria Tienda

The shop where GSSM is beginning to sell products to raise money for their project to be come self suffient and can eventually wean themselves off reliance on Plenty International.

20th August 2012

Chris Kellogg
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Great Trip
What a worthwhile vacation.

20th August 2012

Michael Traugot
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Glad you got to see the project in the dump.
Hope you can stay connected. Enjoyed your blog.

21st August 2012

Ann Marie
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blog
Nice blog, loved reading about the trip so far.

3rd September 2012

John Flores
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thanks
thanks for showing your pictures and writing of your experience in Guatemala city.

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