Entries Tagged as 'Guatemala'
Pic: up on a ladder
October 10th, 2010 · Comments Off · Guatemala, Photos
Tags:Connor Boals·Guatemala
Cobán: a much needed change of scenery
October 4th, 2010 · Comments Off · Connor Boals, Guatemala, Photos
It rained all last week. So mainly I resorted to things like taking pictures of myself in mirrors for entertainment. But, over the weekend, I had the opportunity to stretch my legs and get some traveling in with some fellow gringos. We hopped a bus to Cobán, which is a town northwest of Antigua. In [...]
Tags:Cobán·Connor Boals
Futból game
September 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Guatemala, Photos
My buddy, Ron, is the principal of a school in a neighboring village down here. The school is a ginormous complex with a labyrinthian system of organizations folded inside of it but, from what I gathered, the parent organization is the Scheel Center. They had received a donation of new soccer jerseys for all the [...]
Tags:Connor Boals·Guatemala·Ron Fortin·San Felipe·Scheel Center
Momento: una tempestad
September 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off · Audio, Connor Boals, Guatemala
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] It rains a lot here. This afternoon was particularly heavy. I really enjoy the sound rain makes as it batters the plastic and tin roofing of my family’s house.
Parent’s weekend
September 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Guatemala, Photos
My parents are pretty cool. They’re the kind of parents that jet down to Guatemala for the weekend, kayak one day and climb a volcano the next. Then, just like that, they’re gone back to the real world. On Friday, we kayaked on Lake Atitlan. It’s one of the more beautiful places I’ve encountered here [...]
Pic: ¡Feliz Dia de la Independencia!
September 15th, 2010 · Comments Off · Guatemala, Photos
Today is Guatemala’s Independence Day. For weeks, the schoolchildren here have been practicing to march in the parades. Today, their hard work finally paid off.
CMWC multimedia package in VeloNews
September 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · CMWC, Guatemala, Multimedia, Video
Well, I did it. The reason I set out down here was to see if I could take my new camera and freelance stories. I was supposed to wait until school was finished, but I couldn’t pass this story up. Many thanks to Steve Frothingham over at VeloNews. Read and view my story here. Here [...]
Tags:Andy Zalan·CMWC 2010·Connor Boals·Nadir Olivet·VeloNews
CMWC 2010 photo dump
September 15th, 2010 · Comments Off · CMWC, Guatemala, Journalism, Photos
Tags:Andy Zalan·CMWC 2010·Connor Boals·Ivonne Kraft·Nadir Olivet·Panajachel
CMWC randoms
September 11th, 2010 · Comments Off · CMWC, Guatemala, Hip-Hop, Journalism, Photos
“Lenny”