| Fly Fishing Adventures in Guatemala! | Fish & Fly| 08.11.07 | Article |
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Bluewater fly fishing definitely brings elegance and style to offshore angling, but it is not always the most productive technique in this arena. Couple this with a sparsely populated, nomadic quarry like Sailfish and you need to even the odds some how if success on the fly is to be achieved. The solution to this conundrum is the small port of Pez Vela on the pacific sea board of southern Guatemala. Pez Vela, only 3 hours drive from Guatemala City, sits on the outskirts of Port Iztapa and roughly translated means Sailfish....
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| Long day´s journey into night. Part 1 | Travel Pod | 08.11.07 | Blog |
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I had a tough time sleeping the night before I left because I was so keyed up about the trip. It really hit me that I was going on the day before. Eric ended up talking to me for about an hour and he had trouble getting to sleep after that. I had no trouble getting to sleep, but staying asleep was another story. I woke up for good about an hour before the alarm went off.
The airline advised arriving 3 hours before the flight. I made it through check-in and security and walked to the gate in about 35 minutes. To be fair, I think I was in the wrong line for check-in. TACA's gates were interrupted by Lufthansa's and I didn't see that the Guatemala check-ins were on the other side...
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| The Carribean, Guatemala-style | Travel Pod | 08.11.07 | Blog |
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Had to farewell Isabelle in Guatemala City this morning and it was naturally a sad occasion, only made easier by the fact that we know it won´t be as long as 18 months until we meet again.
She is a great travel companion and we´d travel with her again in a flash. She was given strict instructions to get her couch ready for us in London and her famous Gratin Dauphinois in the oven.
We spent all day on a non air-con bus on dusty roads and are shattered by the time we arrive in tropical Puerto Barrios on the north coast of Guatemala. It is a typical port town, trucks thundering past at all hours, everyone seems in a hurry to get somewhere else....
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| Guatemala's Only Train Service to End | Guarian UK | 08.11.07 | News |
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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - A Pittsburgh railroad company plans to shut down Guatemala's only train service after years of fighting thieves, squatters and government-backed lawsuits.
Henry Posner III, the company's owner, announced Tuesday that trains would operate until Sept. 30 so the business can fulfill its obligations to cargo companies.
Ferrovias, the name of the U.S.-owned Railroad Development Corp.'s operations in Guatemala, runs one line between Puerto Barrios and Guatemala City that moves 15 percent of the Caribbean port's cargo for the capital and 90 percent of the country's imported iron...
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| Randy & Nancy in Guatemala | Kiva.org | 08.11.07 | Blog |
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Hello to all of you from Mazatenango, Guatemala. We wanted to introduce ourselves - We’re Randy Fay and Nancy Lewis, and we’ve just started helping to post clients from Friendship Bridge. We’re in the middle of an epic bicycle trek from the north of Canada to the bottom of South America - you’re invited to follow us on our blog at hobobiker.com. But we’re thankful and excited to be able to spend a time here in Guatemala as Kiva Fellows helping to post new clients to the website..
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| Chicken Bus Photo Essay | Word Press | 08.11.07 | Blog |
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Last September ten disciples from Triangle traveled to Guatemala to work in a small community school. The school is located in a shanty town along an abandoned railroad corridor. About 1,500 people live in the “Linea Ferrea” and most families are headed by single moms. Typically the children work selling in the streets, or babysitting younger siblings along the tracks.
In 2003 HOPE Worldwide and Ericsson Guatemala provided the initial funding to build a school for this community. Currently 230 children are enrolled in the school, from preschool through the 5th grade. Funding for the school is routinely short, and yet the teachers continue to provide a loving, supportive educational experience for these children...
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| lago de atitlan, guatemala | Panoramio | 05.16.07 | Blog |
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