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Video: Howler Monkeys in Tikal
I’ve posted before about how Tikal in Guatemala is my favourite place I’ve been to so far, a fact that I was reminded of by this great post about the fantastic wildlife of the Tikal National Park. A...
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The coolest Spanish School in Guatemala
As soon as I read about PLQE (Proyecto Linguistico Quetzalteco de Español) I knew it was the school for me. It has a philosophy that surrounds the learning of Spanish with developing an understanding...
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Earthquake! Volcano!
I got my first reminder that I was staying in hotspot of geological activity when my whole classroom began to shake in a little tremor one afternoon. It was just a small one, but getting to feel my...
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Learning Spanish in the Guatemalan Highlands
After spending a week studying Spanish in Xela, I made a last minute decision to switch to PLQ’s sister school up in the mountains. It hadn’t been part of my original plans, but on speaking to some of...
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Getting close to the lava
If there was an active volcano in the UK, you wouldn’t be allowed within a mile of it, let alone be able to climb it.Lava flow on Volcan Pacaya So when I found out that Antigua had one on its doorstep,...
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Impressions of Guatemala
My first trip to Guatemala in 2007 was extremely brief – I spent just two days there on a brief visit from Mexico to see the Mayan city of Tikal – but it remains probably my best travelling memory....
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Guatemala: Budget & Other Numbers
After narrowly scraping in under budget in Mexico, I was expecting Guatemala to be a hell of a lot cheaper. In many ways it was – thanks to cheap chicken buses and short distances, I spent less than a...
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Mexico & Guatemala in pictures: Shop fronts
Mexico & Guatemala are very colourful countries in so many ways, from the food, to the landscapes and the traditional dress of the indigenous peoples. But my favourite of all are the hand-painted...
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Highlights of Latin America
I had such an awesome time in Latin America it’s pretty hard to pick out favourite moments. But I’m going to give it a go anyway. Here are the best things I’ve seen and done over the past six and a...
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