Ethan and I are just about to leave Nebaj for a week of travel. The tentative itinerary is Coban, Sierra de Las Minas, Semuc Champey and Las Cuevas de Candelaria. All of the things we look for in a vacation – biodiversity, natural wonders and a whole lot of muddy hiking. (Though [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Off to Las Verapaces & a few field notes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged field work, guatemala, Jennie on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Photos from our Nebaj – Cotzol – Salquil hike
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cotzol, guatemala, Hiking, Nebaj, photos on July 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A while back we convinced our friend Chris (almost done with his 2 years of Peace Corps service here) to come out with us for a weekend long hike. We had a topo map, GPS, Chris’ knowledge of the area and a general idea of where we wanted to go. Heading out towards Cotzol, we [...]
Hiking from Nebaj to Acul: Routes II and III
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Acul, ethan, guatemala, Hiking, Nebaj on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(For those of you uninterested in trail descriptions, photos are at the end of the post.)
Acul II
Distance: 7.25 km
Total Elevation Gained: 520 m
Total Elevation Lost: 520 m
I’ve already described the most direct route into Acul. This is definitely not the most direct, but it is a good hike with nice views (and it is [...]
Hiking to Cocop
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cocop, ethan, guatemala, Hiking, Nebaj, Pulay, Rio Azul on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Note: I give distances where possible in the trail descriptions below. All distances and notes on elevation lost/gained are cumulative from the beginning of the trail. Photos are at the end of the post for those of you want to skip the text!
Cocop is a small village nestled in a high valley east [...]
Guatemala advice: cell phones
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cell phones, ethan, guatemala on July 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We had dreams of escaping noise and technology here in Guatemala. We parked the cars and threw our cell phones in a drawer. It has been great not to drive for several months, though we admit to bringing one laptop (and Jennie misses her Tivo). However, we discovered in the first week [...]
Pulay to Pexla
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Hiking, Nebaj, Pexla, Pulay on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We hiked in along the road and out on the trail. The trail was much nicer and slightly more difficult to find from the Pulay side so that’s mostly what I’ve described. If I did this over I’d hike in along the trail and then loop through Cocop to Rio Azul. That [...]
Nebaj photos I
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged guatemala, Jennie, Nebaj, photos on July 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am more than halfway through my time here in Guatemala, and Ethan leaves in only a few weeks. Kay and Kevin (Ethan’s parents) are visiting us this week after spending two weeks at language school in Xela (they should have their own blog, Kevin takes much more photos than we do!) The three of [...]
music on the micros
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged guatemala, Jennie, transportation on July 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have done a lot of traveling this week, by camioneta (i.e. chicken bus) and micro (pronounced “mee-crow”). When you are crammed in with so many people (I once had the money-taker pretty much sitting in my lap) hurtling around hairpin curves, the music being played can count for a lot. I’m starting to recognize [...]
“Small inputs can lead to large outcomes”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged development, guatemala on July 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In his column in the New York Times this week, Nicholas Kristof talks about a a Ugandan woman for whom the goat given to her family by Heifer International set in motion a chain of events that allowed her to recently graduate from a U.S. university. The goat project I am working on here in Guatemala follows a similar [...]
