On Buoyancy
The boat jumped for a few meters, becoming airborne as soon as a hollow space appeared between the many waves rolling by. We held our lifejackets tighter and let our bones be rattled. Looking...
Category: Americas
The Villages Around Lake Atitlán
We were coming from San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico, through a winding road riddled with steep cliffs and pale clouds. Following hours of sidestepping fallen rocks and careening chicken buses, we entered the...
Zip-lines and Butterflies at Atitlán Nature Reserve
In our travels, our thrills and chills moments usually revolve around tempestuous seas and random encounters with wild creatures throughout our extraordinary world. But there comes a time when we must take adventure into...
Maya Traditions Medicine Garden
In the ancient Maya world, sickness was commonly deemed a direct consequence of a god’s judgmental eye. Since having one’s soul captured by a supreme being calls for urgent and robust action, the healing...
Visiting the Chichicastenango Sunday Market
Chichicastenango, colloquially known as Chichi, is one of the main tourist draws of Guatemala. A bustling trading center for centuries, Chichi is nowadays home to a sprawling and richly colored market, held every Thursday...
Portraits of Panajachel
They had been splashing the waters of Lake Atitlán for a good half hour, keeping track of an aquatic score updated by a speeding plastic ball. Becoming aware of an audience, their leaps turned...
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