Running a emergency call with the bomberos

A women in labor was having complications and we had to drive her to the nearest hospital - an hour and a half away. The poor women had to lay there in serious pain with tears coming out of her eyes for 1.5 hrs on a bumpy mountain road. They sure make tough women here!

Feliz Navidad San Juan La Laguna!!!

December 18th 2006
In October of 2005, Hurricane Stan ripped by the Guatemalan coast leaving torrential rainfall in its wake. Guatemala received as much rainfall in three days as they would normally get in a two-year span. As a result, mudslides and flooding wreaked havoc across the countryside. The region most affected by the rainfall was the area around Lago de Atitlan. The village once known as Panabáj was b ... 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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