March to Mirador
Our first day of trekking 25 kilometers into Mirador was a hellacious experience involving mud, a nine-hour walk with mud up to our knees, a few lost trekkers and a lovely night hike with sloshing mud. Death march anyone?
Rio Paso Caballos
Rio Paso Caballos
After three hours of sleep and a massive repacking job we head out from Flores bound for Carmelita where the road ends and our journey begins. We are embedded journalists now living out the intimate journey of Guatemalan archaeologists working at one of the rawest experiences in exploring Mesoamerican history. The past is [...]
On our way to Flores
On our way to Flores
We are headed to Flores with the FARES archaeologists. They are a happy and knowledgeable group that knows this trek to Mirador well. It’s going to take us all day to do this drive north and already we have arrived at the bad jokes. Oh boy.
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What to blog and what NOT to blog that is the question
In our endeavors to increase community dialogue around the story that we’re covering, we have come across some concerns regarding blogging and what it means for us and for our story and the way we report it. Here is a little snippet of some of those discussions.
Lunch in Guatemala City
Lunch in Guate is the best part of the day.
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Staying up late to email photos to the blog
Please bear with me as I continue to try the mobile blogging and posting. Here is my little nook in Guatemala City one day before we begin our journey north to Flores.
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It’s raining in Guatemala and soon we’ll have no shelter
The skies are crying tonight after an hour-long apagado in Guatemala City. There is something calming and quite comforting about the rains as they clean all the muck and grime from the day’s wear. The desolation of the usually empty streets of downtown Zona 1 seems almost appropriate. Sometimes I am reminded of Macondo and [...]
Laptop-less existence
This is the first time I have travelled without a laptop and it’s a bit like the ball and chain was left back home in a drawer. So I am getting to know my Universal Freedom keyboard well as I write with a Guatemala guide underneath the keyboard to create this illusory desktop feel. [...]
Tom Krymkowski teaches video and how we’re shooting video
Tom Krymkowski did a crash course for viewers to de-glorify the video shooting process for reporting out trip.
Packing for the jungle
Ziplock bags are the secret!