Chichicastenango, Guatemala, early 90s
On the shore of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala, early 90s. The thing I love the most about these photos is the sheen on the Mayan man’s forearm and the way it highlights his thick veins ~~ blood as river, body as map.
These photos were taken in the early 90s. If memory serves, the village was somewhere on the shores of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala.
My favourite fountain of Central America.
Guatemala, early 90s. Photo taken by E.L. Where do the years go.
Ever sized up the bus driver and decided it would be safest if you sat up front?
Communities of Garifuna people, who are the direct descendants of African slaves, are scattered along the small stretch of Guatemala’s eastern coastline on the Caribbean Sea. Shot was taken in 1991.
When we travel we often don’t understand what we’re seeing. I took this shot in the early 90s because I simply liked the landscape, and now I find out that the indigenous Mayans in Guatemala are suffering because their arable land has been stolen to produce sugar for foreign markets. Argh, the world is a mess.
Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala
Shot taken on route to a hike up this volcano, which was cut short half-way through the climb when another group of hikers came running down the trail — not because the volcano was erupting but because they had encountered armed banditos. I’ll spare you the details, suffice to say it wasn’t as pretty as the landscape.
Tikal, Guatemala. You need some good thigh muscles — not to mention reliable balance — for climbing those stairs.
The Petén of northern Guatemala is full of these loud, cheeky brats. I loved them — but not in the early mornings at the guest house where I stayed.
Flying over the vast Maya Biosphere Reserve and Tikal, a Mayan city dating back to 900 BC. The doorway photograph below is at the top of the temple on the right.
Early morning with the local tourists in Temple I. If you got up before dawn and hiked up to the top of the temple you could watch the mist rising while listening to all the howling monkeys and bird calls coming from the jungle canopy below.
Very fond of architecture, especially since I come from Vancouver where no buildings are older than about 80 years. This photo was taken in the early 90s and the location is lost to my memory..anyone know it? National Palace in Guatemala City perhaps?
Guatemala, early 90s.
Public market in Guatemala City, early 90s.
October 11th is International Day of the Girl Child. May there come a day soon when all girls throughout the world can thrive and flourish.
This shot taken in Punta Gorda, Guatemala, in the early 1990s.
Semana Santa, Antigua, Guatemala, early 90s
Emergency Kittens 