Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Guatemala Photos

ANTIGUA


Shane and Pancha the parrot


Veronica (a Korean student living at the house) petting Pancha


Our Spanish school: Don Pedro de Alvarado


View of Antigua from Cerro de la Cruz, with Volcan de Agua to the south


Shane and me at Cerro de la Cruz


Weird pond plants at the school


Shane and me at the Parque Central


Chicken buses


VOLCAN DE PACAYA


River of volcanic rock from 2006 eruption


Closeup of part of the river of volcanic rock


View of clouds from the volcano


Lava - If you look closely at the middle, there is a tiny crevice of glowing hot rock.


View of Volcan de Agua from Volcan de Pacaya


View of Volcan de Agua, Volcan de Acatenango, and the active Volcan de Fuego


CHICHICASTENANGO


Lunch in Chichicastenango


LAGO DE ATITLAN - SAN PEDRO LA LAGUNA


Lake Atitlan and a boat leaving San Pedro


The lakeshore where people swim, bathe, and/or wash their clothes


Me at the lakeshore


Our Spanish school: Cooperative of Guatemalan Spanish Teachers


Alleyway by elementary school on the way to the Cooperativa


Kids playing football


Kids playing football - They asked me to pay them 1 quetzal after I took their photos.


Kids living next to our school - You can see the girl wearing the traditional costume of blouse and corte tied with a belt.


Flowers in the Cooperativa garden

2 comments:

tele-pet said...

Hey, some of these pictures are really good! : )

I especially like the birdcage shots.

jeanne said...

Tele-pet.... Is that some kind of extra-sensory perception? Who are you?