Molten Mmmagmma at Volcan Pacaya

If it's about laying off the Insanity Peppers...

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May 16th 2010
I'm way ahead of you... Oh I've been waiting a long time to say that!! So you can imagine how loathed I was to discover that these extremely hot chilis (grown in Quetzalacatenango by inmates of a Guatemalan insane asylum) exist only in the world of The Simpsons. Rats. That's not to say there isn't something a bit mad about Guatemala though... After stamping out of Mexico (this was a wh ... 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