This is what I learned last night - that all of the vegetables and fruits that are bought anywhere here are first soaked in salt for 20 m... Continue reading »
Happy New Year from Guatemala!!I had to catch 2 night buses from Puebla to Guatemala; one to Villahermosa (Mexico), then another to Tapac... Continue reading »
Xela is often described as being akin to an grim industrial town in the north of England, which is maybe why I felt so at home in Xe... Continue reading »
Wednesday morning we took the ¨chickenbus¨ from San Pedro to Quetzaltenango (everyone calls it by its Mayan name Xela). It was a cheap op... Continue reading »
ah, xela.this is such a funny town. at first glance there is nothing exciting about quetzaltenango, popularly called xela ("SHAY-la") by... Continue reading »