Comments on: Guatemala: 10 Days, 10 Impressions

By: Daniel Noll

Daniel Noll — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:48:22 +0000

@Aldie: Thank you for a wonderful and humbling compliment and your good wishes. Am really glad you stopped by — you made our day!

By: Aldie

Aldie — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:16:27 +0000

Oh… wow.. thank you so much for all this information. It’s funny how you know more about my own country than I do. I was born and raised there till I was about 8 years old and then sadly had to come with my family to live in the U.S.
I’m not complaining, I’m just so happy to read about my country in such a wonderful way, such as you do.

Thank you so very much! God bless you and keep you both safe from harms way where ever you go.

Aldie.

By: Daniel Noll

Daniel Noll — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:36:26 +0000

@Claire: Thank you. Guatemala is a terrific country. Looks like you found that out firsthand. And you chose to spend about the same amount of time there as we did. For us, Guatemala was a highlight in Central America.

In Xela, we studied Spanish with Casa Xelaju. Oh, and we studied Spanish with all the friendly people at the outdoor market

By: Claire (Travel Funny Travel Light)

Claire (Travel Funny Travel Light) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:40:34 +0000

awesome post. i found my 2 months in Guatemala to be life-changing. I hold a special place in my heart for that country. Where are you studying in Xela? If you already mentioned this, my apologies!

By: Daniel Noll

Daniel Noll — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:21:29 +0000

@Shannon: Antigua street food was surprisingly good. Particularly in retrospect (compared to more southern bits of Central America), Guatemalan street food was very good and diverse. And the clothes. So bright! Enjoy it.

By: Shannon OD

Shannon OD — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:58:48 +0000

Your suggestions for street food in Antigua have me inspired! Just arrived here today and am looking forward to hunting down horchata to go with a taco! I’ve come to many of these same initial conclusions – particularly just how beautiful and stunning the clothes of women are!

By: Jeremy and Eva Rees

Jeremy and Eva Rees — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:47:37 +0000

What a great post — fantastic pictures too

We’ve been in Mexico on the first leg of our trip for a week now, finding similar experiences to yours in Guatemala. We’re actually trying to figure out if we can make it there or not. We really wanted to see Tikal and Chichicastenango.

By: Audrey Scott

Audrey Scott — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:43:01 +0000

@Leigh: The proselytizing may be because we’re here during the most religious time of the year – the lead-up to Holy Week (semana santa) and Easter. It will be interesting to see if the market and bus sermons continue afterward.

@Mark: “experiencing other cultures in a different way than fear is a wonderful thing” – love this pithy statement.

@Meredith: I’m sorry to hear about the robbery in Antigua – the laid back attitude there makes you forget that theft is very possible. Trying to figure out the security situation is tricky here as each person seems to have a different take on what’s safe and what isn’t. The overwhelming attitude seems to be that things have gotten worse and a lot just depends on luck after you take measures to not walk around late at night and other common sense actions. Our first concern is for our personal safety, but as we’re carrying with a lot of equipment – not only for this blog but for other projects – we really don’t want to lose everything by being on the wrong bus at the wrong time. But, we also don’t want to avoid opportunities and experiences because of fear – it’s a fine balance.

@Agne, Chip, Bohdana, Cindi, Dee Dee: Glad you enjoyed this piece – plan to keep more posts like this coming your way!

By: Meredith Roach

Meredith Roach — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:44:35 +0000

Just got back from a month long stint with NGO in Guate, your photos are amazing. I couldn’t agree more with #10 – security worsened daily while I was there and I was robbed in Antigua. I finally stopped mentioning it to the locals b/c the look of shame and anger on their faces was too much to bear. While there, I was living with a 50-something single woman who’s lived and run a school in the same small town all her life. Due to the violence, she’s unable to leave her house after dark despite the fact that 3 generations of her students walk the streets of her city. She and her brother both commented to me that they feel less safe now than they did during the Civil War. Pretty impactful.

I’m adding you to my twitter! Safe travels and enjoy the moments!

By: Bohdana

Bohdana — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:09:50 +0000

i haven’t had my lunch yet… i wish i could pop over for some street food. sounds yummy!!!