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Antigua, Guatemala
by Candyce H. Stapen, Away.com
A Guatemalan journey is best for families with gradeschoolers and teens who enjoy eco-adventures and learning about different cultures. Climb Tikal's temples (see El Peten), join a schoolyard soccer game, and bargain for brightly woven backpacks at local markets.
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Guatemala: Chichicastenango
by Candyce H. Stapen, Away.com
Every Thursday and Sunday for more than 100-years, Chichicastenango, dubbed "Chichi" for short, blooms with nearly 300 Maya vendors from all parts of the country. Twisting mountain roads lead to Chichi through hamlets where fat pigs and feathery turkeys stand in the front yards of tin-roofed homes.
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Family Overview-El Petén, Guatemala
by Candyce H. Stapen, Away.com
El Petén, in Guatemala's humid lowlands, is the site of the 8-000 square mile Maya Biosphere Reserve, home to Yaxhá, the ancient Maya city where the "Survivor" cast trekked, schemed and camped and Tikal, a larger and more well-known Maya site.
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Family Overview-Lake Atitlán,
Guatemala
by Candyce H. Stapen, Away.com
One of Guatemala's largest lakes, Lake Atitlán, situated in the Solola District, ranks as one of the world's most scenic locales. The misty blue water unfolds against a backdrop of three 10,000-foot volcanoes - Toliman, Atitlán and San Pedro.
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Antigua Guatemala, A Museum of Colonial
Spanish Baroque Architecture
by Fran Folsom, Boston Globe
Antigua Guatemala is the only city in Guatemala that still retains its Spanish
Colonial Baroque architecture. This was the Colonial capital
of Guatemala from 1543 to 1773 when most of the city was destroyed
by earthquakes and fires following the eruption of Fuego volcano.
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Guatemala
by Judith Fein, Boston Globe Magazine,
Photography: Paul Ross
Usually you have to schlep half way around the world to experience a truly exotic country, but Guatemala is so close you can have bagels in Boston in the morning and chicken pepian stew in Antigua for dinner.
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Antigua
by Judith Fein, Hemispheres Magazine
If you don't know the difference between a palabra and a palapa, would like to increase your business by dusting off your high school Spanish...
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Haroseth in the Jewish Underground of Guatemala
by Judith Fein, Hadassah Magazine
It was the night before the competition, and Clara de Medina
was at home in Guatemala City... Read
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All Guatemala Family Hotels
by Candyce H. Stapen, Away.com
Lake Atitlán, Lake Peten, Chichicastenango, Antigua
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Guatemala
by Candyce H. Stapen, Washington Times
It’s hot in Yaxhá, sweaty hot, jungle hot as we pause by the shores of a green lake to admire the bony backs and bulging eyes of a pair of crocodiles snoozing in the reeds near the shore. We pass the raised camping platforms, open to the air but covered with thatch to keep out the afternoon rains, frequent occurrences in El Petén, Guatemala’s humid lowlands.
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A Tall Tale From Guatemala
by Judith Fein, The New Mexican-Sunday
Magazine
We boarded the bus for San Antonio de Aguas Calientes, a town in the Guatemalan
Highlands, on a recent sun-splashed afternoon.
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Guatemala Get Away
by Philip D. Hoffman, Journal America,
Photography: Philip D. Hoffman
The contenders on the fall “Survivor” series, the popular reality
show, found it rough in Guatemala, but going there as a tourist
was an enjoyable experience.
If you are considering a warm winter vacation there are many
activities and
destinations to choose from in this Central American country.
You can enjoy Guatemala in several ways. Read
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Antigua Guatemala: Semana Santa
by Barbara Radcliffe Rogers, Dorling Kindersley Books, Ltd.
Lively strains of salsa and marimba music, the rhythmic pat, pat, pat of hands forming tortillas, soft voices of Mayan ladies urging you to buy the bright woven huipils that turn every market stall and courtyard into a vivid kaleidoscope -- this is Guatemala’s former colonial capital of Antigua...
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Celebration in Guatemala
by Judith Fein, The New Mexican Magazine
Maria Elena demonstrated how she sat on the floor, a thick belt
around her waist tied to a wooden beam, and wove her textiles
in the way her ancestors had. Read More
A Mania for Monasteries
by Judith Fein, Intermezzo Magazine,
Photography: Paul Ross
From sumptuous luxury and five-star restaurants to simple rooms
and modest fare, monasteries host visitors in search of rest,
retreat, beauty and pampering of their souls. Read
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The Unknown Jewish Communities of Guatemala, part
one
by Judith Fein, San Diego Jewish Journal,
Photography: Paul Ross
According to legend, in the l2th century, a woman had a powerful
dream that her son would be born with a star on his forehead
because he would guide many people. Read
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The Unknown Jewish Communities of Guatemala, part
two
by Judith Fein, San Diego Jewish Journal
According to legend, in the l2th century, a woman had a powerful
dream that her son would be born with a star on his forehead
because he would guide many people. Read
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Guatemala
by Candyce H. Stapen, Physicians' Travel
& Meeting Guide
Forget about building your own thatch-roofed lean-to, swinging a machete to
cut a path to Lake Petén Itza, or suppressing your gag reflex
to chow down on grasshoppers. Only contestants on “Survivor
Guatemala” endure such made-up challenges in pursuit of
a $1 million prize. Read
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Deep Chichi
by Judith Fein, New Mexican-Sunday Magazine,
Photography: Paul Ross
I remember the first time I heard the name Chichicastenango.
It was about 15 years ago, and I asked the man to repeat it
several times until I could pronounce it. Read
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Three Faces of Guatemala
by Barbara Radcliffe Rogers, JaxFax
Travel Marketing, Photography: Stillman Rogers
Little Guatemala, a Central American country slightly smaller than Louisiana,
packs three exciting – and totally different -- tourist
destinations into one neat package. Read
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