Zunil

Goodbye Guatemala

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January 16th 2006
I had a lovely Christmas in Antigua. The plan was to go to a big lunch somewhere in the town but I went to the town's plaza in the morning and this is where I stayed all day, watching the passing parade and chatting to folks. Everyone, it seemed, was in the plaza, dressed in their Sunday-best and wandering around, buying lunch from the food stalls on the roadside stalls and then eating it in the p ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala

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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