Central America

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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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

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

Panama City

This post is part of a series called Panama City & Guna Yala Feb 2017 Decided to go to Panama to attend Sara Zomer’s wedding and to take a little time and visit Panama. Arrived at 4PM, to 33C (91F) weather, perfect for us as we were coming from 5C (41F) weather. Landed and took…

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