You may be wondering why, in the March issue, we’re talking about Easter. Well check this out, heathen: Easter around these parts starts 40 days before what you and I know as Chocolate Egg Day. So put your baskets away, pull up a pew and get ready as we drop some serious Easter science.

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by Susana Raymundo

We camped behind a mountain that protected us from the crater but we could see and hear every eruption of Santiaguito, and it sounded like an airplane taking off at first, and trailed off into a steam train whistle.

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Painting Every Single Rock in Guatemala

by Steve Mullaney

As you can probably tell, as every single billboard in the country is being filled with the smiling faces of politicians, it is now election season. Legally, candidates cannot begin to campaign yet, although political parties can “proselyte” to the public*. Part of this process has […]

by Chris Warren

For this month’s Daytripper I’m excited to share my favorite local hike: La Muela. It’s long enough that you get the chance to enjoy a wide variety of scenery, but it shouldn’t leave you too exhausted. For those who have misplaced their Spanish dental vocabulary flash cards, “La Muela” means The Molar. […]

January wrapped on an odd note, with cell phone companies promising congress to do more to track the use of stolen cell phones and the US stepping up to say that its antiterrorist agency would investigate recent bombings of Guatemala City inner-city buses.

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