Journey to Central America

August 17-22, 2001

Set 1 Photos: Arrival in Guatemala and travel to Quetzaltenango 

Diary

Pictures

  • Set 1 Guatemala and travel to Quetzaltenango 
  • Set 2 Quetzaltenango on Saturday, August 18
  • Set 3 Guatemala City August 18-19
  • Set 4 Guatemala City August 19
  • Set 5 Guatemala City August 19
  • Set 6 Guatemala City -- at Senor/Senora Perez's
  • Set 7 We enter El Salvador August 20
  • Set 8 El Salvador Dental Office
  • Set 9 Social get-together at Cisneros in San Salvador
  • Set 10 Earthquake damage at Las Colonias August 21
  • Set 11 Goodbye to El Salvador and back to Guatemala

View of Guatemala City from our plane. Agua Volcano on the left

Our host: Guatemala pastor Saul Langarica in front of his home

 

Neighborhood where the Langarica's live

 

People of Indian descent waiting for bus

At scenic Lake Atitlan on our drive to Quetzaltenango

Bev Kubik and Saul and Carmen Langarica

Chair at the Queme's recently upholstered in Indian style

Roadside stands

Friday night sunset

A community built to resettle Hurricane Mitch victims

Another colorful Chicken Bus

About to touch down. Houses below

A woman living in shack off the main road. View of shack below

Typical rolling green Guatemalan landscape

A "chicken bus," a popular form of public transportation?  Did you ever wonder what happened to old school buses?

At Alaska, the high point between Guatemala City and Quetzaltenango

Washing hands before dinner at the home of Oscar and Martha Queme in Quetzaltenango

Dinner at the Queme's

The Oscar Queme family

Hotel where we stayed in Quetzaltenango. The Fall Festival has been held here for a number of years

Pictures of some of Mayan gods. Muluk corresponds with Molech. Oc looks like something from the Simpson's

Large pineapples being transported.  Everything grows in Guatemala...all the time!

Diary

Pictures

  • Set 1 Guatemala and travel to Quetzaltenango 
  • Set 2 Quetzaltenango on Saturday, August 18
  • Set 3 Guatemala City August 18-19
  • Set 4 Guatemala City August 19
  • Set 5 Guatemala City August 19
  • Set 6 Guatemala City -- at Senor/Senora Perez's
  • Set 7 We enter El Salvador August 20
  • Set 8 El Salvador Dental Office
  • Set 9 Social get-together at Cisneros in San Salvador
  • Set 10 Earthquake damage at Las Colonias August 21
  • Set 11 Goodbye to El Salvador and back to Guatemala