Guatemala: Travel Diaries  

We have selected some travel blogs written by travellers in Guatemala. Enjoy!

Title: The amusing electric showers
Location: Antigua, Guatemala
You'd think I'd learn... I've been to Guatemala twice before, and I'm WELL aware that I'm not supposed to touch anything metal while in the shower, but every mor... [ view full travel blog ]
Title: Robbed while Jesus was bearing the cross
Location: Antigua, Guatemala
Yes people, I was robbed! Assholes! Right in front of the San Francisco cathedral where the Semana Santa procession was taking off...right in front of Jesus bearing the cross. And... [ view full travel blog ]
Title: Semana Santa -Holy Week
Location: Antigua, Guatemala
Antigua, Guatemala is in the throes of preparing for Semana Santa. It is as if the entire city is planning one HUGE surprise party for about a million visitors who are expected to a... [ view full travel blog ]
Title: Combining learning spanish with sightseeing and social programs involverment
Location: Antigua, Guatemala
We finished our second week of Spanish immersion classes yesterday...we have decided to take one more week of classes before moving on. We keep finding that we love where we are... [ view full travel blog ]
Title: Hiking volcanoes...!!!
Location: Antigua, Guatemala
We decided to climb one of the active volcanoes outside of Antigua yesterday morning! The tour was to take 7 hours altogether, with a two hour hike up the volcano. We were picke... [ view full travel blog ]
Title: Life is short...
Location: Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Today started like any other day. I woke up at 6:45 am to the sound of my alarm. I took my shower with the always changing water temperature. I got dressed, put on my makeup and mad... [ view full travel blog ]
Title: What a feast...?
Location: Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Well, it has finally happened- I am going through a minor GI upset problem. It started Friday night after our weekly graduation dinner for the students that are leaving the Span... [ view full travel blog ]
Title: Waking up to the lovely sound of a car's horn???
Location: Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
I feel that I am adapting well to life here in Quetzaltenango. I have quickly fallen into a routine. My day usually starts at 6:00am, with me waking up to the sounds of cars on ... [ view full travel blog ]
Title: Studying Spanish in Xela
Location: Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
After my whistle stop tour of a few countries in Central America I decided that I was time to settle down and relax in the central highlands of Guatemala in the second largest cit... [ view full travel blog ]
Title: I'm constantly practicing my Spanish!
Location: Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
After returning from my time at the coffee plantation and Cuba I moved in with a new family. My experience here has been totally different and just as interesting. My host dad is ... [ view full travel blog ]
Title: My last week of Spanish immersion classes
Location: Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
And so began my last week of Spanish immersion classes, remembering the country's 36 years of Civil war and reflecting on its lasting and still very present impacts and reperc... [ view full travel blog ]
Title: Paragliding anyone?
Location: Panajachel, Guatemala
When strapped to a complete stranger and peering over 2,000 cliff the last thing you want to hear is all the paragliding pilots arguing over whether the jump was safe with such high... [ view full travel blog ]
Title: The price is right...
Location: Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Most travelers don’t stop in Guatemala City and is very understandable. I’m fortunate to have friends living in the city who are familiar with the parts that are worth experienc... [ view full travel blog ]





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