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spring break, summer, fall in xela | neil payne
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A tourist in a city from a tourist city. Spring break, summer, fall in xela. Guatemala has a reputation as a land of eternal spring, but there are two recognized seasons. summer is the dry season and winter the wet. Fortunately, the rainy season here is not bad. every day, bearing a storm passing thru, there is a good stretch of sunshine or at least a break in the rainfall. The rainy season starts at the end of may and every summer there are two weeks of canicula (sp? Almost no rain and a bit more warmth.
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two big sites | neil payne
https://neilpayne.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/two-big-sites
A tourist in a city from a tourist city. Is one of the most impressive sites for seeing mayan ruins, in the world. some people know of it because it was used in the ewok scenes in star wars.🙂. One of my room-mates in xela has a friend visiting from the states and i’m tagging along with them to see tikal and semuc champey. It’s nice to step away from my routine in the city which has been a bit more busy lately between volunteering, dj-ing and a bit of work at an internet cafe. 11 May 2008 at 9:55 am.
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copán ruins | neil payne
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A tourist in a city from a tourist city. Copán ruins ruinas honduras maya. On my way to utila (in august), i had a lay-over in a little city next to the copán ruins. i had less than an hour between a great night of sleep and my departing bus, so i ran around with my camera and decided to go back another day. 8220;The Pre-Columbian city now known as Copán is a locale in extreme western Honduras, near the Guatemalan border. It is the site of a major Maya kingdom of the Classic era. There were a bunch of ma...
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yoga house, here i come | neil payne
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A tourist in a city from a tourist city. Yoga house, here i come. I’m moving again! The apartment i’ve been living in has been really nice, but there are a few rules that got me looking to move along. We had a dinner party for my room-mate s birthday that ended up being a little bigger than planned (about 25 people showed up) but still ended by 11 pm. our landlord, who lives there, told me the next day we couldn’t have any more parties. bummer! One thought on “ yoga house, here i come. Culture shock, bac...
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Photos | neil payne
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A tourist in a city from a tourist city. George and suzanne in front of… “an impressive natural monument: the renowned strangler fig. Of Cabuya, one of the tallest in Costa Rica.” view slideshow. Lake atitlan in guatemala is known by some as the most beautiful lake in the world, i can’t say i disagree. view slideshow. My friend lorna joined some locals for some firedancing in utila, honduras and they all put on a great show. view slideshow. View my xela photostream. View photos of my neighborhood in DC.
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summer reading list? | neil payne
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A tourist in a city from a tourist city. I got this from my sister’s blog. feel free to give me recommendations to read, whether it’s a book from this list or not. I was rarely a reader while growing up and often found creative ways to do book reports. I try not to have regrets, but do realize i’m not well-read and am a slow reader. that being said, let’s get to the post…. Here’s how it works:. 1) Look at the list and bold those you have read. 2) Italicize those you intend to read. 21 Gone With The Wind ...
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neilpayne | neil payne
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A tourist in a city from a tourist city. All posts by neilpayne. Washington dc View all posts by neilpayne →. Culture shock, back in dc. I moved back to dc a month and a half ago. during the first few weeks, a few friends asked if i had experienced culture shock. “nah, i really only experienced that when i came back for my first visit.” not so fast…. It took me a while to realize i was having a hard time adjusting to life in dc. the three main differences:. 1 the concept of time. 2 cost of living. 2 i ca...
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my second country, brother visit | neil payne
https://neilpayne.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/my-second-country-brother-visit
A tourist in a city from a tourist city. My second country, brother visit. After my sister came to visit me, she said “it was nice to see you in your second country.” i feel like that is what guatemala is for me now, a second home. it is the only place i have lived outside of maryland and dc. When i arrived more than a year ago, my plan was to live or travel in latin america for a year. i planned to spend the first two months in guatemala, but was open for what came next. He’s a teacher and just to...
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ah la gran… canyon | neil payne
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A tourist in a city from a tourist city. Ah la gran… canyon. Last month, i went up to arizona to visit sharena. we took a few days to visit the grand canyon, which i had never seen. We spent one day hiking along the canyon edge (on the south side) to various lookout points and the following day we hiked a few miles into the canyon. Ravens have a special place in my heart because my sister once called me ‘brother raven’ in a poem and that became my original dj name. View more of my grand canyon photos.
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