Hand woven baskets

During one of our field trips we visited a coffee plantation that still uses technology over 100 years old to process their coffee beans. In the plant, they still use wicker baskets made by hand to move the processed beans to be dried.

Learning Spanish

February 28th 2007
The day starts as the sun just begins to clear the mountains here in Xelaju (Quetzaltenango). We wake up and get ready for class eating breakfast with our host family before walking 4 blocks to school. We are studying at Escuela Minerva and every student there has a private tutor for 5 hours per day monday through friday. Corey´s instructor is named Astrid and Chris´ instructor is Miriam. The t ... 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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