Guatemala

Population: 13 million (UN, 2005)
Capital: Guatemala City
Major languages: Spanish, more than 20 indigenous languages
Major religion: Christianity, indigenous Mayan beliefs
Life expectancy: 63 years (men), 71 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 quetzal = 100 centavos

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How Not to Mug a Gringo in Guatemala

It was really the Cuban’s fault that I ended up at La Recife in the first place. If he hadn’t come by, I would have walked quietly home and ...

Livingston, Guatemala and How to Disappear Completely

The site was a broke down hotel room three floors above the streets of Livingston, Guatemala. The building was pressed between a narrow produce ...

Learning Spanish in Xela, Guatemala

Learning Spanish in Guatemala is popular and some places are well-known for it. But if you want to remain fairly off-the-trail, Xela is the place to go. ...

Day of the Dead Guatemala Story

I don’t get it. There’s a man in the marketplace of San Pedro, a village by Lake Atilan in Guatemala, who sells sweet syrupy drinks poured over ice and at ...

Lake Atitlan Guatemala

You’d need a couple of days to walk around the 50 km around the perimeter of Lake Atilan and there’s no road connection between the main town of Panajachel and ...

Guatemala Chicken Bus

The Buses of Mexico are of the luxury variety that guarantees a passenger his own reclining seat. They often have a bathroom in the back and the drivers are so ...

San Marcos Hippy Village Atitlan Guatemala

It takes time to get to know water. Every beach, river and lake has its own character and the nature of it is often as profound as the waters are ...

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