Adventures with Cloud People – Travel Blog

 Just a few shots of some of the lovely animals from around the AWARE animal shelter just outside of Antigua, Guatemala. We are currently volunteering there, helping out with the 300 dogs and 80 odd cats on-site, taking them on walks and giving them some deserved attention. Check out the website at www.animalaware.org  if you [...]

The reason we are lacking on the posts right now is we have been toiling away at the Animal AWARE shelter just outside of Antigua, Guatemala. The shelter houses close to 300 dogs, plenty of cats, a few rabbits and a chicken. The plight of dogs in Guatemala is often very sad. They are forced [...]

Some random shots we took from ruins around Mexico taken with a Super Sampler Lomography camera. It shoots four shots on the single frame with a slight delay between each, giving the photo a unique perspective.

A short pickup ride out of Antigua Guatemala is a most relaxing and beautiful hostel, Earth Lodge. Overlooking the surrounding volcanoes, on a clear day the view from Earth Lodge is spectacular. At night, it’s sometimes even possible to see little spits of lava coming from the mouth of Fuego, an active volcano. Earth Lodge [...]

We just got hold of a roll of black and white film that Jess took in Teotihuacan with the Mamiya C330 Pro F. We are super happy with how the photos came out, so put a selection up here. We would also like to say a belated farewell to Erin, who left us a few [...]

Weaving in Mayan culture was, and still is in many parts, an important part of daily life. The traditional garments worn by the women, called huipils, consist of intricately woven patterns on a large piece of cloth with a hole in it for the head to go through. Each town has its own unique style, [...]

Only a quick bus-ride out of the centre of Huehuetenango are the Mayan ruins of Zaculeu. Originally inhabited by the Mam people from about 250AD, it was eventually conquered by the K’iche’ some 1000 years later. However, a substantial population of Mam people continued to live with the K’iche’. The Spanish conquistadors arrived at Zaculeu in 1525 [...]

Up above Todos Santos Cuchumatan, we looked down upon the town and saw a collection of bright small buildings clustered into a small area. Interested, we trekked down to take a closer look and were reasonably shocked to find a cemetery. We asked permission to enter, and took a quick walk through. Many of the [...]

We decided that instead of taking a shuttle bus from Huehuetenango to Antigua, we would do the journey on chicken buses. Although it was a good way to save some money, we mainly made the decision for the experience. We made our way to the terminal in Huehue. People were everywhere, jumping on and off [...]

Chicken Buses are a major form of transport here in Guatemala. They are converted American school buses, usually painted in bright colours and outfitted with pumping stereo systems that blast reggaeton. Taking a ride on one can be an adventure in itself, people crowd in to bursting, some holding animals (hence the name), bags get [...]