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Post Number 5

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September 1st 2010
Reflections from Las Ninas The River When my Dad and I were driving back from Guatemala City after dropping Taylor off at the airport, our driver said that we were twenty minutes away. I was happy. Then, we went around the curve… and there was A RIVER IN THE ROAD! It was raining so hard. It had been raining for the past four hours. If you stacked two notebooks fr ... 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