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September 5th 2008
Chichicastenango, nighttime. We found ourselves accommodation with an old indio lady who we met at the bus depot. With her old and worn-out face, skin like parchment yellowish and sickly looking fallen over a bony face with deep set eyes that betray a life time of hard work, her skinny frame dressed in a black long and dusty dress she reminded me of something that should have been burried and for ... read more

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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

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Hans Klausmann

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We looked at each other there and then but I don't seem to remember where and when. Lost between worlds, lost between cultures, lost between people, religious feelings forcing an endless narrative inside my Farang skull, feeling best when on the road with my greasy old faded jeans, my sweaty T-shirt, my bulky backpack containing my woldly possessions. Sleeping in third world rock bottom hotels, drinking cheap liqour with the locals, always in searching for a spiritual answer to my quest for peach and understanding. Shunning away from camara hung tourists but having no problemo with th... full info

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