Vegetarian snacks in Xela
By Greg Haynes As soon as you step off the plane, panic sets in; the whole country appears to live on meat. While your host family tears into their chicken dinner, you force down...
Yearly Archive: 2006
August 2006 Issue: Happy Birthday to Us!
We here at XelaWho like to keep things low key. Ahem. Let me try that again, this time with a bit of sincerity. XelaWho magazine, generally accepted as a world leader in self-promotion would...
City Safety Plan
I don’t know about you guys, but I like going out at night. That’s why it seems that the latest suggestion for tourist safety in Xela – that everybody be in bed by 10pm...
Fashion Police: A Column From 2006
The Indiana Jones Look, August 2006 A whole year has gone by, darlings, and what a fabulous year it’s been. Full of glamor and intrigue, juicy gossip and mischief. There have been fashion highlights...
Diaries of a Hanger Around: Is it Still Called Traveling if I Haven’t Moved for Six Months?
By Lars Capozo As for most, Xela was supposed to be a short stop on my journey elsewhere. I arrived the first evening to find that the weather was nice enough, so I stayed...
Chupa Sightings Haunt Xela
By Gina Spigarelli The Latin American legend of the chupacabra (goat-sucker) is still alive and well in Guatemalan folklore.
¿Qué Onda Vos? A Series on Speaking Guatemalan Spanish
“¿Qué onda vos?” is XelaWho’s a monthly guide to speaking Spanish Guatemalan style. This month we’re looking at funny expressions. No ser chicha ni limonada LITERAL MEANING: To be neither corn liquor nor lemonade....
July 2006 Issue: Goooooooooooooooooooooal!!!
I don’t care which country you come from, or what kind of weird-ass sport they play there. You have to admit that the World Cup has an aura of magic that not even the...
Fashion Police: A Column From 2006
Camel Toe, July 2006 Darlings, I’ve heard the whispers in the changing rooms out at La Pradera. I know the scuttlebutt, and it’s hurtful. Some unkind souls think that I’ve been too harsh on...
