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August 7th 2008

Published: August 7th 2008

Buenas Dias from the tropical city of Flores, regional capital of El Peten in the North East of Guatemala! I left Xela on a chicken bus around 8 in the morning and we arrived in Guat city just after midday. From there, a quick bus up to antigua, where I met up with my host family in order to drop a few things off with them so I have a bit less to carry around with me. It actually worked out that t... Read Full Entry

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Gareth, Norwich

Gareth89

So many of my friends were taking Gap Years after A levels this year and believe me, I wish I could've done the same. Unfortunately, that would have meant that I would have had even less money for Uni than I do now so I present to you: *da-da-da-daaa!* the gap year in 6 weeks! I'm off to Guatemala with a company to spend 4 weeks building houses around Antigua, Guatemala before then trekking round some other parts of the country for just under 2 weeks. All this and back in time for results day too :D Ha! As if! Hopefully, next year, I'm off to study Latin American an... full info

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Canoeing on Lago Peten Itza

Chillaxing

Canoeing on Lago Peten Itza

My impresive tan line from one afternoon!

Sky way Ixpanpajul

With the guard macaw attacking my shoe

Sky way Ixpanpajul

One of the many bridges across the jungle

Sky way Ixpanpajul

The canopy below

Sky way Ixpanpajul

View from a lookout post halfway

Sky way Ixpanpajul

One of the spiders. So many of them had eyes that reflected my torchlight and made the night gleam as though with gems

Hostel los Amigos

Me in my natural habitat

Hostel los Amigos

My Dorm room for the second night, shared with 9 other people

Hostel los Amigos

Bagely, the hostel's dog

Around Flores

The reason why you should never park on yellow lines while they're being painted

10th August 2008

Megan
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Lush!
Dude! That dog was lush, i bet he kept you entertained for hours. I really enjoyed that entry, cracking photos, the jungle walks look incredible, not a patch ont DUOMO though. 'Good price, good price bello' miss ya bud xxx

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