Guatemala Trip March 2013
Hotel Placida Antigua ("Peaceful Antigua") - First night in Guatelmala |
Hotel Placida Antigua |
Hotel Placida Antigua |
Breakfast at Hotel Placida Antigua |
Street scene |
La Antigua Street scene |
Eli loves Antigua!
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Gated community(!) in Jocotenanga, suburb of Antigua where we stayed for the remainder of the visit
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beautiful roof garden |
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La casa de Reina (formerly ... de Reina y Rigoberto) |
The friendly parrot Lazaro |
Jeffrey makes friends with Lazaro |
Lucia, el perro de la casa |
Stephen holding up a ruin (or vice versa)
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La iglesia en Jocotenanga |
The ruin behind the church |
The"Fountain of the Sirens" in the Parque Central de Antigua |
"Fountain of the Sirens" in Parque Central (Eli took this with an astonished grin)
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La Catedral de San José, at the Central Park |
La Catedral de San José |
Inside La Catedral |
Inside La Catedral |
Inside La Catedral |
Inside La Catedral |
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Volcan de Agua in the distance |
Exposition at El Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española |
El Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española -- Mayan exhibit -- mold for creating statues |
El Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española -- Mayan exhibit -- mold for creating statues |
El Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española -- Mayan exhibit -- mold for creating statues |
El Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española -- Mayan exhibit -- mold for creating statues |
El Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española -- Mayan exhibit -- mold for creating statues |
El Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española -- Mayan exhibit (El Mundo del Artista Maya) -- mold for creating a pot (?) |
El mercado del Antigua (ginormous and get-lostable)
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El mercado
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El mercado |
CIRMA (Centro de Investigaciones regionales de mesoamerica) research center
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La Plaza at CIRMA
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La Plaza at CIRMA (Centro de Investigaciones regionales de mesoamerica) |
Resident ducks at CIRMA (Centro de Investigaciones regionales de mesoamerica) |
Street musicians -- check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpSFM6dNbds
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Ruins of the monastery of San Francisco |
Eli among the ruins of the Monastery of San Francisco. |
Eli and Stephen among the ruins |
The road to Yepocapa to visit Probigua's school (Volcan de Augua in backgroud)
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The PROBIGUA BiblioBus we traveled in
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Inside the Bibliobus |
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Colegio San Pedro Yepocapa (the PROBIGUA-supported school) |
Eli plays chess at the colegio |
Eli plays chess at the colegio |
Alaire Hughey (from Sitka!) and Jeffrey at the colegio |
Alaire and her students |
Eli at the colegio |
Eli making friendship bracelets for colegio students |
students at the colegio |
saying goodbye |
saying goodbye |
PROBIGUA language school |
Graduation from (1 week at) PROBIGUA spanish school |
Graduation from (1 week at) PROBIGUA spanish school |
Graduation from (1 week at) PROBIGUA spanish school |
PROBIGUA |
Playing Spanish charades |
Playing Spanish charades |
Jeffrey and his teacher Esperanza |
Stephen and his teacher Matilde |
Eli with his teacher Jesica |
teachers at PROBIGUA (Proyecto Bibliotecas Guatemala) Spanish school |
Eli with his pal Mary -- who taught him the girl scouts' Bear song |
| Procession de Jesus Nazareno de la Caida, San Bartolome Becerra (quinto Domingo de Cuaresma, 17 de Marzo 2013) Including the carpets (alfombras) designed and laid out in the streets of Antigua, destroyed by the passing of the procession |
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Float with crucifiction |
Float carried by women with Maria madre de dio |
Penitents carrying the float |
"Roman" soliders |
 Making carpets (alfombras) at the last minute |
Making carpets (alfombras) at the last minute |
Making carpets (alfombras) at the last minute |
Making carpets (alfombras) at the last minute |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa
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Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa
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Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa
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Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa
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Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa
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Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa
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Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa
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Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa
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Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
Alfombra ("carpet") de Semana Santa |
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