I have been meaning to post a few photos of my last month of fieldwork. I conducted a series of focus groups with women in five different communities about their experiences with the goat project. I was also involved in a training of health & nutrition leaders regarding consumption of goat milk with a few [...]
Posts Tagged ‘guatemala’
August Field Work
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged field work, goats, guatemala, Jennie on September 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Centro Explorativo Book Drive
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged centro explorativo, ethan, guatemala, Nebaj on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the ways Ethan spent his time this summer was as a volunteer teaching English to 4-6 year old kids at the Centro Explorativo in Nebaj every afternoon at 4 PM. Hopefully he will tell you more about this experience later. Our friend Chris, a Peace Corps volunteer in Nebaj, has set up an [...]
Todos Santos
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged guatemala, Jennie, Todos Santos on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The weekend that Ethan left Guatemala I went to Huehuetenango to visit Eva, Lizzie & Eduardo, fellow extranjeros who were working on an evaluation project. Huehue (pronounced “way-way”) felt rather unfriendly, it is much bigger than Nebaj and walking there at night was one of the few times I felt unsafe in Guatemala. [...]
La Ferria Nebaj
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ferria, guatemala, Jennie, Nebaj on August 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is my last week in Nebaj, and coincidentally the most fabulous week of the year – la ferria! It would have been smart to cancel all my work for this week, as there is way too much fun to be had.
The biggest deal in town, or at least the tallest thing in town right [...]
Rio Dulce – Panajachel – Nebaj
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Finca El Paraíso, guatemala, Panajachel, Rio Dulce, vacation on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So much is piling up here that I am going to post the last of the vacation photos without too much explanation. From Tikal we went south to Rio Dulce, where the highlights were visiting Finca El Paraíso (a hot spring waterfall that runs into a cool stream) and an amazing seafood dinner. If you [...]
Tikal
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged guatemala, Tikal, vacation on August 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tikal National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, is comprised of 575 square km of primary tropical forest and the ruins of one of the largest Mayan cities. Visiting Tikal offers a pretty spectacular glimpse into the forest of the Petén, in addition to seeing the ruins that date back as [...]
Onward to Flores
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Candelaria, Flores, guatemala, vacation on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We left Las Marias at 5 AM on Wednesday, watching the sun rise from the windows of the micro. Due to a mix of construction and road damage that comes with the rainy season, we had to go back south to Coban and switch to a bus that would take us north again through [...]
Semuc Champey
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged guatemala, Semuc Champey, vacation on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When we returned to Coban from San Rafael Chilascó, we planned to head up to Semuc Champey on Monday on one of the tours (for 300Q you get breakfast and lunch, transportation, and guided tours of Semuc and nearby caves.) We woke up expecting breakfast, but instead the guys running Aventuras Turisticas told us [...]
San Rafael Chilascó
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged guatemala, Hiking, San Rafael Chilasco, vacation on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On day 2 of our vacation, we headed from Coban down to San Rafael Chilascó, a community on the edge of the Sierra de Las Minas reserve. The community has developed an ecotourism association (5301-8928 or 5776-1683) that provides information and guides for the hike to the waterfall, and a hospedaje for staying overnight. The [...]
Hiking to the waterfall in Chichel (near Cotzal)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged chichel, ethan, guatemala, Hiking on August 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Be forewarned that I don’t have maps for this one and I didn’t take notes as I went, so this description is a little dodgy. Don’t go unless you’re prepared to get lost. I should also warn you that currently (July of 2008 ) Cotzal has a gang problem (people will warn you about “las [...]
