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Caye Caulker architecture: are we too fussy?
the good bits 3 main non-asphalt streets, no cars (just very few golf cars and bicycles), wooden houses, Caribbean colours, laid back place, not too busy. …the not so beautiful side of the island no beach, and whenever there was one, the sea was not clean. Maybe we are too fussy. . On the creative side,…
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welcome to Belize – on our way to Caye Caulker
typical cemetery in Belize – colourful tombs We’ve seen similar ones in Guatemala After life is celebrated here in Belize; The “dia de los muertos” day of the dead is part of the Belizean culture so during this day the diseased are visiting their families and enjoy their favourite food cooked by their family…
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In Guatemala things are made with care and zeal. The locals are hardworkers, modest, polite, warm and , men and women alike are always occupied with something, mostly making. Guatemala’s rich culture and nature as well as its people will definitely get us back there again in the future.
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\t-i/k/a\l:
One of the largest Mayan cities ever to exist, hidden in the rainforest of Peten in the north east part of Guatemala. The city flourished between 300 – 850 and declined around 900 AD and today Tikal is one of the most important Mayan sites. Tikal consists of 9 plazas and around 3000 structures. Buildings are made of…
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lake of many villages
San Marcos From Panajuchel we visited the village of San Marcos which is something like a spiritual hub, offering new age therapies in various centres, has also yoga retreats, meditation centres, alternative medicine centres and the like. We reached by boat from Panajuchel and were immersed in this serenity and peacefulness of a place that has…
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Chicken?
Wall colours
(+3976m)
Acatenango volcano (+3976m) is the 3rd highest volcano in Guatemala and has incredible 360 views including the views of the Fuego volcano, the most consistently erupting active volcano in the world. During our overnight stay in tents by the fire, the Volcan Fuego which was not that far away, erupted numerous times – what a…
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Pacific o
El Paredon is a very small surf/fishing village in the Pacific Ocean. Traditional palm leafed thatched roofs Locals tell me this is not the best season for the construction of the roofs- I looked and asked but had no luck in witnessing a roof construction.. Palm thatched roofs need annual maintenance. 4Q (=0.13euros) per palm…
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Merry Christmas
Antigua (+1500m)
A colourful colonial town, once the capital of Guatemala. Cobbled streets make cars drive slower but they are also uneven and difficult to walk on so circulation is also slow for pedestrians too. Antigua was largely destroyed by an earthquake about 350 years ago – Low bells towers are built to withstand earthquakes. There is…
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zooming into Bastimentos
From a distance From up close things are like this.
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Isla Bastimentos
A 30 min boat ride to Bocas del Toro main Island from mainland Panama and another 10 minute boat ride from Bocas del Toro main town, yet another world! No cars, not many tourists. One of the two beaches of Bastimentos This is a private beach one can access by a boat or by a steep slippery…
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and the award goes to…
The building that houses UTEC, designed by a non Peruvian firm Grafton architects, has won this year’s International RIBA Award. The building design was selected after an architectural competition and is after the critics the “modern version of Machu Picchu”. Not sure I want to see it this way, knowing its context is a busy…
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Such a Fab day
In Fab Lab Lima Beno and Delia make you feel at home. Vision, current situation of the Fab Labs, our future projects, concerns as well as the level of openess in accessing other Labs, were a few things that were discussed during these few hours. So I ask Beno what the current situation is with…
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Farming Lab in the Andes
A farming lab in 3.500m altitude Winds, stone walls absorbing heat during the day and different shaped terraces form microclimates allowing for cultivation experiments. In the circular shaped area wind does not easily reach the bottom rows, where a jungle humid microclimate is created – a temperature difference between the bottom and top level of…
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