¡Saludos desde Guatemala! For the next several months, I will be living in Xela, Guatemala’s second largest city, and volunteering as a trek guide for Quetzaltrekkers, the only all volunteer-run, all non-profit outdoors organization in Central America. Quetzaltrekkers (QT) leads treks through som[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Guatemala’
Trailblazer: Creating Your Own Opportunities
I am a trailblazer. What does that mean? I call myself a trailblazer because I have created my own path in Guatemala- I am a co-founder and ongoing developer of G22 Green Connect, a Guatemalan based organization which is dedicated to environmental education and is still in its development phase. Whe[...]
Political Promises: Food for Pap Smears
After working in free clinics in the outskirts of Xela, Guatemala for two months, I can tell you that every day in the clinic is "the craziest day that you’ve seen at the clinic." Women lining up out of whatever building has been converted into the clinic that day, holding two children by the hand[...]
Greed in Guatemala
Almost two weeks in, and Guatemala has been showing its true culinary colours. Our first day was blissfully easy thanks to a fellow couch-surfer putting us up for the night. Adapting to the temperature has been a doddle too; Guatemala city, Antigua, and Lago de Atitlan are all high altitude, so for [...]
Language School and Some Volcanic Mud
These last two weeks have whooshed by. New York was, well, as you would expected one of the world’s greatest cities to be – great. Our first couchsurfing experience worked out really well and, as I am able to write this, I’m sure you’ll be happy to know that the couchsurfer who hosted us in [...]
April 6th, 2011 - 4:09 am § in Good Ideas, Guatemala
Spotlight: Payments for Nature’s Benefits in Guatemala
Close your eyes and picture the mountainside of Guatemala. You probably see a verdant, lush expanse: thick undergrowth, deep streams, moist soil, and the quiet but steady advance of the trees. Now imagine you open your eyes, and the brush remains, but those trees- ficus, allspice, pine, ceiba- are a[...]
