http://www.earthoria.com Travel & lifestyle articles, videos & podcasts | Currently in: Honduras Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:42:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This video shows you the amazing active volcano Pacaya in Guatemala and the climbing of it. Climbing Pacaya volcano was quite an exhilarating experience. We left Antigua at 06.00 in the morning and arrived at the base of the volcano at 07.30 and started the summit trail. The initial climbing was ... http://www.earthoria.com/video-climbing-pacaya-volcano-in-guatemala.html This video is a short video tour of San Pedro la Laguna on the shores of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. It includes the streets, the docks, the shops, hostels, volcano, lake views and center of town. San Pedro La Laguna is a small lakeside town on the shores of Lake Atitlan ... http://www.earthoria.com/video-san-pedro-la-laguna-guatemala.html Having to describe this place to you or rather the energies here would be quite a challenge. But I can say one thing for sure - I have never been to a place with such strong energies before. There are many ways in which energies can materialize – here the ... http://www.earthoria.com/san-pedro-and-the-dreams-from-another-dimension.html Arriving in San Pedro was by no means a surprise because I had no expectations for neither San Pedro nor Guatemala. San Pedro de Laguna is a relatively small village (although not as small as I could wish for) on the shores of Lake Atitlan. It has 13.000 inhabitants spread ... http://www.earthoria.com/san-pedro-and-the-longing-for-empty-spaces.html This video shows the amazing views of Lake Atitlan from Panajachel, Guatemala. It gives you glimpses of the magic surrounding the lake and of the city of Panajachel itself. Driving from Antigua to Panajachel was quite a hairy ride. You drive along steep cliffs at a far from safe speed, but ... http://www.earthoria.com/video-panajachel-at-lake-atitlan-guatemala.html I have now entered week 5 of my studies at the Co-operative of Guatemalan Spanish Teachers in San Pedro La Laguna, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Click below to listen to it. In this podcast we give you an update of our housing situation, having moved out of the home stay and ... http://www.earthoria.com/podcast-studying-spanish-in-guatemala-3.html During my six weeks of Spanish classes in San Pedro, some of the things I've discussed with my teacher have included the myths and legends surrounding Lake Atitlan. I've re-written a few of them below. Missing tourist… Seven or eight years ago, a French tourist in San Pedro with his family told ... http://www.earthoria.com/some-myths-about-lake-atitlan-guatemala.html As a smoker I was a late starter. While friends of mine started smoking at the age of 13, I was never the least tempted. My dad used to smoke on New Years Eve to light the fire works which was easier with a cigarette when there is an ice ... http://www.earthoria.com/the-7-steps-to-stop-smoking.html All we seem to do nowadays is study, study, study. We’re in week four of our Spanish studies at The Co-operative of Guatemalan Spanish Teachers and the weeks are flying past. Most weekends the school lays on some kind of event or excursion, and this Saturday morning we got up ... http://www.earthoria.com/indian%e2%80%99s-nose-la-nariz-de-indio.html We’re now into week four of our Spanish studies at The Co-operative of Guatemalan Spanish Teachers in San Pedro, Guatemala, and the Spanish is noticeably improving. Having spent two very interesting weeks with Jose, Maria & two year-old Felix as part of our homestay with a Guatemalan family, we both decided ... http://www.earthoria.com/a-house-by-the-lake-in-san-pedro-la-laguna.html