Author: Ali Karim

By Ali Karim

Guadalajara, Mexico day 1

This post is part of a series called Guadalajara Feb 2013 Guadalajara, Mexico day 1 Decided at short notice to take a quick trip down to Mexico. Always wanted to go see the Copper Canyon, so planned this for several days. Unfortunately, this was not working out, so changed plans to go to Queretaro, MX…

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By Ali Karim

Guatemala City

This post is part of a series called Guatemala Jan 2013 Back to Guatemala City Woke up reasonably early in San Pedro on Lago de Atitlan, and found a nice little breakfast place which was literally under an exposed staircase. The lady who ran it knew no English, so in our very limited Spanish, we…

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By Ali Karim

Solola and Panajachel, Guatemala

This post is part of a series called Guatemala Jan 2013 Solola and Panajachel, Guatemala Panajachel is on Lake Atitlan (which is a volcanic crater lake), surrounded by multiple volcanos. We passed various towns and cities from Atitlan to Panajachel with interesting names (Jocotenango, Pastores, Chimaltenango, El Sitan, Xacaxa and Solola). Roads were all tramac’d…

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By Ali Karim

Antigua, Guatemala

This post is part of a series called Guatemala Jan 2013 Guatemala Day 1 Decided to take a few days off; Guatemala is one place we have not been to yet, and is a short direct 4hr flight from DFW. So why not Guatemala? Arrived in the evening at the Guatemala City airport; got our…

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