Cabana at la Cooperativa

First Week in San Pedro la Laguna, Guatemala

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April 28th 2009
I'm back. Typing furiously in an Internet cafe. Here goes. Last week, I had 4 hours of Spanish classes a day, and for the most part I feel as if my Spanish hasn’t improved too dramatically. An unbiased observer might argue otherwise, but here, in the thick of the San Pedro scene, I feel a bit stuck, language-wise. I can read and write Spanish pretty well, but I have some sort of psychological m ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Western Highlands » Lago de Atitlán

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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