Archive for December, 2010
Goodbye 2010: Our year of travel in pictures
Posted on 31. Dec, 2010 by Dany.
An amazing year is coming to an end – our first as full-time travelers! Rather than rattle off a list of everywhere we’ve been, check out our year in pictures, from the pre-trip ‘planning’ phase to our current location of Honduras.
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Polaroid of the week: Honduran Cowboys
Posted on 30. Dec, 2010 by Dany.
Crossing from Guatemala into Honduras, the first thing we noticed is that we had left the Mayan culture behind. Immediately gone were the colorful indigenous trajes. The Honduran women dress fairly similar to women in the U.S. or Europe. Many of the men, however, wear a stereotypical cowboy outfit – leather cowboy boots, jeans, a fancy leather belt, button down shirt and of course the indispensable cowboy hat.
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Top 20 things we miss from home
Posted on 27. Dec, 2010 by jess.
Since we began travelling in April 2010, every single day has meant trying something for the first time or meeting someone new. We have had so many new experiences; it has been easy to overlook any cravings for things from ‘home’.
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The Spirit of Christmas
Posted on 25. Dec, 2010 by jess.
Except for the odd discordance of hearing Christmas songs while wearing sunscreen and flip-flops, the Christmas ‘season’ has pretty much passed us by this year. No Amazon deliveries, no online (or offline) purchases, no standing in line at the post office outraged at the price of shipping, no wrapping up pretty boxes with even prettier little bows. It has been a truly capitalism-free Christmas.
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Polaroid of the week: Coloured Christmas chicks in Honduras
Posted on 23. Dec, 2010 by Dany.
Check out these colorful chicks! An Easter custom in the Middle East and Asia, we found baskets filled with multi-colored chicks here in Copan, Honduras in celebration of Christmas.
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The seven main villages surrounding Lake Atitlán, Guatemala
Posted on 21. Dec, 2010 by Dany.
Lake Atitlán has been described as the most beautiful lake in the world. No matter where you visit, the views are stunning – the sprawling lake, the green mountains and the looming giant of San Pedro Volcano.
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Budget Holiday Idea – The Staycation
Posted on 19. Dec, 2010 by guest.
As flights get more difficult to find and cheap hotels get booked out – one consideration for the budget conscious family is the ultimate cheap holiday idea that’s been gaining some traction in recent years. Have you considered the stay-cation?
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Please don’t go to Todos Santos…
Posted on 18. Dec, 2010 by Dany.
Please don’t go to Todos Santos, Guatemala. Life in this authentic village in the mountains is much as it has been for centuries, no hordes of tourists here. A trip to Todos Santos is about absorbing authentic village life. That’s why we ask you, please don’t go to Todos Santos (which you really should) – and if you do go, please do so quietly and keep it to yourself…
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Polaroid of the week: Semuc Champey, Guatemala
Posted on 16. Dec, 2010 by Dany.
Semuc Champey is a series of natural ponds 300m (985ft) above the Cahabon river in the region of Verapaz in Guatemala. The natural limestone bridge above the rushing rapids below houses cascading pools connected by several mini-waterfalls.
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Pacaya: The day I became a volcano climber
Posted on 12. Dec, 2010 by Dany.
It’s not like I woke up one morning with the burning desire to climb an active volcano, but in a country like Guatemala, with more than 30 volcanoes (many of them active), volcano climbing is the norm.
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Polaroid of the week: Maximón
Posted on 09. Dec, 2010 by Dany.
Maximón is one of Guatemala’s most popular Mayan folk saints, worshipped in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. Some believe Maximón, also known as San Simón, to be an incarnation of the Mayan god of sexuality, while others think he was a Spanish priest. An effigy of Maximón in the town of Santiago Atitán is celebrated year round.
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One Bed or Two
Posted on 08. Dec, 2010 by jess.
Reflections on the slightly awkward nature of finding budget hotels and hostels for long-term lesbian travelers.
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From the farm to your cup – A tour of Antigua’s Finca Filadelfia
Posted on 05. Dec, 2010 by jess.
When we heard about Finca Filadelfia, a coffee farm near Antigua that apparently makes some of the best coffee in all of Guatemala, we decided to take a tour of the farm and learn how high quality coffee is grown and processed, plus how to serve it up right.
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Polaroid of the week: Mermaid fountain in Antigua, Guatemala
Posted on 02. Dec, 2010 by Dany.
Antigua’s Central Park is home to a quite unusual fountain – four mermaids on each side of the fountain are spraying streams of water out of their breasts. The fountain, ‘Fuente de las Sirenas’ in Spanish, was built by Diego de Porres in 1738, who took his inspiration for the fountain from the Neptune Fountain in Bologna, Italy.
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