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protesta en Antigua – protest in Antigua

Posted in antigua, guatemala, tagged , , on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

As we were walking toward the Parque Central yesterday, we came across a protest. It was a good sized group with what seemed mostly Mayan people. From what I understood, the municipality wants to move or change the bus terminal which is currently located by the mercado. It’s a huge inconvenience to the many people [...]

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antigua, guatemala

Posted in antigua, tagged , on December 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This is our third trip to Guatemala.  Arrived on the 25th…long trip because of a 4 hour wait in Houston. Oh well, it was nice to just finally be here and especially arrive in Romelia’s nice courtyard house. We took a cab from the airport ($30 US for two for a 45 minute trip) to [...]

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motion sickness

Posted in motion sickness, tagged , , on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Leaving Thursday, December 25th – six more days to go!
One of the things I have to worry about and prepare for is motion sickness. I generally don’t have a problem here at home (Vancouver) but roads in less developed countries can be nauseating…and ships and small boats can really swing with the waves.
I’ve tried Gravol, [...]

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Back to travelling soon

Posted in guatemala on December 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »

We are going back to Guatemala for one month and we’ll be posting to this blog again. We’re leaving Christmas day and coming back January 24. We love travelling on Christmas day since we don’t care much for Christmas.

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