Photo Gallery
Quetzaltenango - Xela
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Near where we were staying in Xela
This is where we stayed for 2 weeks with a family and a couple of other students
All the guys at school
Maximon in our local pub in Xela
Excursion to Chicovix
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Walking through the countryside to get to the hot baths
After about a 30 minute walk we arrived at the baths
Me in our private hot tub, with a few beers to be getting along with! (Not quite as romantic as champagne, but beggars can't be choosers!)
Us getting ready to head back to the road to catch the bus
Then off we head back
Along the muddy path
Past the crazy steep farmlands
Over the rickety bridge
Through the valley
Past the mountains
Past the volcano and we are back to the road
Excursion to San Andres Xequl
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The unusually colourful church at San Andres
Another of the colourful churches at the top of an extremely steep hill
The view from the church looking over the town
Excursion to the market in San Francisco El Alto
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This little piggy went to market
and these two
and this one
and this one
and these little ones!
and this one, which is the hugest pig I have ever seen in my life!
and some cows
There were dirty little kittens in a box
Chickens and dogs all in a pile
Dogs mixed with chickens
A chickens eye view of the market
Dogs chickens and Turkeys
Boxes full of little chickens
Cats mixed with chickens in baskets
This is Rosario, Stuarts maestro
Me, Rosario and Helen, my maestro at the back
Stuart trying out an orange, lemon, grapefruit fruit, it wasn't very nice!
Pots and pans for sale
Some of the colourful indigenous clothes
Some of the indigenous indians sitting outside the church
Me and Helen in the market
Some of the people carry the hugest amounts on there backs, its amazing
Stuart wearing Rosario's hat
The top of the church in the centre of the market
Stu in one of the tiendas having a beer
Rosario pulling a rather odd face with Stuart!
Final days at school
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Stu at the last Cena where we had to do our speeches in Spanish
All the guys
Me doing my speech
Me putting my hand print with the others on the school wall
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