Photos from our Nebaj – Cotzol – Salquil hike

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 [...]

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Nebaj photos I

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 [...]

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Antigua photos

Hot chocolate and tiramisu in La Cafe Condesa

Antigua has many (many) churches and many (many) tuk-tuks

Inside the ruins of one of the cathedrals

Fountain at the center of the parque

The street signs in Antigua are all charmingly made of tiles

The best part of Antigua was that we ate really delicious food, including a meal at La [...]

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Hotel La Cascada

Our  last week in Santa Cruz del Quiche, we moved to a smaller, simpler and less expensive hotel.  Here are a few photos taken from our third floor room, to give you an idea of the town.  (Note: I think you can click on these photos for larger images.)

And one of the hotel itself, home [...]

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Chichi Market & Gumarcaaj

View of the market from the steps of Iglesia de Santo Tomas.

While I have no evidence that such a thing was taking place in this photo, I was amazed by the amount of poultry (both dead and alive) being traded throughout the market.

Ethan took this photo of the stone arch bridge at the west end [...]

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