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Bartending in the Guatemalan Jungle

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April 24th 2009
What can I say about my time as a bartender/waitress in Lanquin? Well half the time I was sick with an intestinal infection and the other half was like being sick with an intestinal infection at a big party. El Retiro is a place of excess (think back towards the donkey playground in pinocchio), in which no social stigma is unaccounted. People tend not to sleep well at night and r ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Verapaz Region » Lanquín

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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