Day 5
Back to San Cristóbal
I’d done well the whole trip not to get ill or hungover, but this was the day it all caught up with me. My tolerance for vodka was nowhere near what it was in college, and I was left clutching my stomach the whole ride home with cramps every 10-20 minutes. [...]
Category Archives: Guatemala
Guatemala, days 5 & 6
February 27, 2009 – 2:49 pm
Guatemala, day 4
February 27, 2009 – 1:49 pm
Cobán
The drive into the mountains was something I’d been warned about; people passing into oncoming traffic around curves, hairpin turns at speed, and once we crossed the climate divide – wet roads. But it was beautiful and worth it, and the Cobán had much more personality than Guatemala City.
Ana’s grandmother owns a cafeteria, so after [...]
Guatemala, day 3 continued – and photos from Antigua
February 22, 2009 – 10:26 pm
After spending the afternoon editing the wedding shots (400 frames!), we headed over to zone 10 to eat at Café Saúl, where I had an amazing hot chocolate and a cuatro formaggi pizza. My hot chocolate had a bit of latte art in the foam from the barista in the shape of a heart, and [...]
Guatemala, day 3
February 22, 2009 – 4:56 pm
Maria has kindly let me use her mac to run through my pictures so far. Today’s been a kind of a down day for everyone, as we’re still recovering from the festivities from yesterday. Below are the pics from where I’m staying – I particularly like to hang out on the roof.
San Cristobal
Guatemala, day 2
February 22, 2009 – 11:39 am
Antigua
For breakfast, we headed out from San Cristobal to Antigua, the old capital of Guatemala dating back to the 1500’s. The restaurant we ate at was called Cafe Condesa, which is known for their breakfast. Jim and Phillip had the huevos rancheros, while I had an omelette santiago. With a little fresh lemonade and some [...]
Guatemala, day 1
February 20, 2009 – 7:43 pm
Getting up this morning wasn’t really that hard, since I never really went to bed. Jim and I made it back to his place around 3 AM after getting everything ready at Bettola so it can run in his absence. We had to leave at 4:30 AM to get to Atlanta, so there was only [...]
Guatemala
February 19, 2009 – 2:19 pm
I’m leaving in the morning to go to Guatemala for a couple of days. I’ll be shooting a wedding while I’m down there, and then travelling around the rest of the time. My camera kit for this trip is really lightweight – D300, D70, 2 SB800’s and a few bits of grip. I’m ditching the [...]