Backpacking Guatemala - THE COMPLETE GUIDE - Antigua, Semuc Champey, Tikal, Lake Atitlán, and more!
Ever wanted to explore a beautiful but often overlooked country? Come see Guatemala! Discover all the highlights this amazing country has to offer, including Lake Atitlán, Antigua, Lanquín, Semuc Champey, Tikal, Flores, Hobbitenango, the Acatenango hike, Volcán de Fuego, Antigua, and El Paredon. I also talk about the basic essentials you need to know for each place as well as the country in general. Enjoy!
0:01:53 - Travel essentials
0:04:00 - Antigua
0:04:48 - Acatenango hike
0:06:27 - Hobbitenango
0:07:31 - El Paredon
0:10:34 - Lake Atitlán
0:14:24 - Lanquín & Semuc Champey
0:18:35 - Flores & Tikal
I know it's impossible to summarize an entire country in 20 minutes, but this covers the major highlights along the backpacker trail. Please comment if there's something you feel should've been included, I'm always looking to learn more about this awesome country!
None of the businesses or hostels I mention sponsored this or paid me in any way. I just think they're good ones to recommend :).
Guatemala's Green North on a KTM 1190 Adventure Motorcycle - Episode 9
We venture into the jungles of Guatemala's Petén region where we see spider monkeys and hear howler monkeys at the old Mayan capital of Tikal. Then we go south into Alta Verapaz where we explore caves and jump off waterfalls.
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Expedición al Mirador - Expedition to El Mirador
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Expedición al Mirador es una documental que muestra la travesía que se realiza para llegar al Parque Nacional Mirador -Río Azul y el Biotopo Protegido Naachtún- Dos Lagunas a través de la inmensidad de la Reserva de Biosfera Maya -RBM- por medio de una caminata intensa de 6 días desde la comunidad de Carmelita y 6 días desde la comunidad de Uaxactún.
Un grupo de técnicos del CONAP decidimos un día realizar esta travesía y registrarla para mostrar a todo el mundo lo impresionante que son nuestras áreas protegidas y todas las riquezas naturales y culturales que albergan.
Hacer este viaje por cualquiera de las 2 vías es una experiencia única, ya que por al menos 6 días los viajantes se alejan totalmente de la vida cotidiana, del trabajo, del internet e incluso del celular. Los accesos son sumamente limitados donde reina una selva totalmente exuberante y la humedad es intensa, sin embargo tan rica en diversidad biológica y arqueología que hace del viaje la combinación perfecta para tomar la decisión de aventurarse dentro de la RBM.
Mirador -Río Azul y Naachtún - Dos Lagunas son parte de la Zona Núcleo de la RBM, su inaccesibilidad ha permitido su conservación, aquí se puede avistar una gran cantidad de flora y fauna silvestre, lo cual es un gran atractivo en el momento de realizar la caminata. Además la riqueza arqueológica es extraordinaria, a cada paso se observan restos de la civilización maya, por lo que es importante informarse sobre la importancia de estos sitios antes del viaje, para que ya estando allí, se logre interpretar el paisaje arqueológico y natural que se va a observar.
Ya sea que se realice la travesía a pie desde la comunidad de Carmelita, o con vehículo todo terreno (y resorteado) desde Uaxactún, la experiencia es difícil, peligrosa y desgastante, es importante que si se realiza el viaje sea a través de los grupos organizados de Turismo Comunitario que trabajan y ofrecen sus servicios desde Carmelita y Uaxactún.
En Carmelita y en Uaxactún existen guías de turismo capacitados para organizar estos viajes, con mucha experiencia en manejo de alimentos, primeros auxilios y atención al turista; de todas formas se recomienda también tomar medidas preventivas como el uso de tennis o botas cómodas, ropa impermeable, llevar una buena linterna y baterías suficientes, entre otros.
Los guías que apoyan estos viajes conocen la normativa que establece el CONAP en su Plan de Uso Público y las recomendaciones que establece la Sección de Patrimonio Cultural y Ecoturismo para llevar a cabo este viaje, evitando al máximo accidentes e imprevistos.
La Secretaría Ejecutiva del Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas -CONAP-, a través del Departamento de Unidades de Conservación, el Departamento de Educación y Fomento, y la Dirección del Parque Nacional Mirador - Río Azul presentan el documental EXPEDICIÓN AL MIRADOR, el cual ha sido elaborado con la participación del Instituto de Antropología e Historia -IDAEH-, el Centro de Estudios Conservacionistas -CECON- y el Instituto Guatemalteco de Turismo -INGUAT-; gracias a la colaboración financiera de Asociación Balam y Counterpart International, que a través de la Alianza para el Turismo Comunitario colaboran enormemente al desarrollo del turismo sostenible en Guatemala.
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Temple II - Tikal National Park, Guatemala
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Temple Ii Tikal National Park
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- ... From temple II you get a brilliant view of Temple I and the Grand Plaza ...
- ... After a couple of hours touring around to different temples and living areas, we arrived at the center of Tikal Temple I and Temple II ...
- ... We visited the Plaza and Acropolis Central (see pics) and climbed Temple II which had some very steep steps that led to the top ...
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- Toucan near Temple II by Plamodo from a blog titled Tikal
- Stairs up Temple II by Jim.green from a blog titled Mayan Ruins at Tikal
- Tikal, temple II by Fatofi from a blog titled Tikal
- Me on Temple II by Boognish from a blog titled Tikal Ruins
- Temple II by Itfctom from a blog titled Tikal - Fantastic Mayan World
- Temple II by Jim.green from a blog titled Mayan Ruins at Tikal
- Temple II by Mark_kate from a blog titled Transported into the ancient Mayan world
- Temple II by Graybeard from a blog titled The Ancient Maya
Cattle Ranching in the Amazon
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Guatemala: Peasants reject licences granted to multinational companies
In Guatemala, the majority of communities where mining and hydroelectric projects were installed continues to reject them. The communities' population are demanding the government to respect the popular consultations and their results. teleSUR
Tuk-Tuk Makes for a Happiness Moment
I stopped in Flores Guatemala for a few days to see the beautiful Lake Peten everyone keeps talking about. The lake looks and feels like silk. I plan come back for sure and stay much longer. Tuk Tuks are the best form of transportation I have ever experienced! I want one of my own!
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JADEXCHANGE - Sustainability
Conducting business in a way our customers can be proud of is not only a commercial tagline, it is the core of our operations. Our source believes that sharing the benefits of their sales with each person involved in the supply chain is not only the right thing to do, but also brings long term stability to the business and creates a sense of pride in the production of high quality product.
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City Beat | TELUS donates computers to Las Vegas schools
With a large contact center location in Las Vegas, TELUS International donated more than 100 computers to several schools including My Brother’s Keeper and Downtown Achieves Program schools. Education is a fundamental pillar to grow the future generation of leaders. We support and will encourage Las Vegas educators, families and students to grow our shared future together.” - Bill Galey, US site director, TELUS International US. Coverage thanks to: KCLV 2 - City Beat.
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Novo Campo Program: Practicing Sustainable Cattle Ranching in the Amazon
This vídeo shows the results of the work conducted in Alta Floresta-MT (Brazil), with applying sustainable practices in the cattle ranches, improving its economic, social and environmental performance.
Horse cart proof of concept
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Greenpeace tracks beef and leather to Amazon deforestation
A three-year survey by Greenpeace shows that western demand for beef and leather and an increase in cattle ranching is leading to intensified deforestation in the Amazon. Visit:
Promoting Sustainable Development through Natural Rubber Guatemala
The first forestry project registered and verified in the Verified Carbon Standard in America, currently undergoing verification in the Climate Community and Biodiversity Standard (CCBS) with Gold Level Criteria for Exceptional Biodiversity Benefits. The project has established sustainably managed rubber tree plantations on degraded lands in Guatemala. Sustainable forestry practices have been introduced in the region ensuring long term social and economic well being for workers and local communities. The project helps combat poverty by creating over 600 permanent forestry jobs. Additionally the project restores degraded lands reducing soil erosion, protecting biodiversity, and conserving water and natural resources.
Uruguay bets on exports of medical marijuana
(5 Feb 2019) In December 2013, Uruguay became the first country in the world to regulate the cannabis market from growing to purchase.
The move brought a wave of investment, creating a flourishing cannabis industry, and Uruguay now hopes to become a leading exporter of medicinal variants of the drug.
For Uruguayan citizens or legal residents over 18 years old, the law allows the recreational use, personal cultivation, and sale in pharmacies of marijuana through a government-run permit system.
Officials also legalised the use and export of medical marijuana to countries where it is legal.
Companies have yet to begin large-scale export operations, but many say that selling medical cannabis oil beyond the country's local market is key to staying ahead of the tide.
They hope to transform Uruguay into a medical cannabis leader along with the Netherlands, Canada and Israel.
Uruguay is in a strong position with its production of non-psychoactive cannabidiols that are used in medical products.
Fotmer SA, which owns a cannabis plantation about 80 miles (130 kilometres) west of the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo is just one part of a flourishing and growing medical cannabis industry in Uruguay.
Fotmer currently employs 80 people and is investing 7 million US dollars in laboratories and 10 tons of crops that it hopes to ship to countries including Germany and Canada, which is struggling to overcome supply shortages in its cannabis market.
Fotmer's 35,000 marijuana plants are sheltered in 18 large greenhouses measuring 12.5 metres by 100 metres (41 feet by 328 feet), in the small town of Neuva Helvecia, where workers change into special clothing, wash their hands with alcohol and wear gloves and surgical masks to avoid any contamination.
Helena Gonzalez, head of quality control, research and development for Fotmer, said the precautions are important in producing a quality product that can be used in medical research into the effects of cannabis products.
We carry out quality standards in all the activities we carry out, all the activities we carry out are governed by procedures and we obtain quality seals that allow us to access international pharmaceutical markets, she said.
The first crop of prized flowers will be harvested for their cannabis oil in March.
The oil containing THC and CBD will be extracted in its labs to eventually manufacture pills, creams, ointments, patches and other treatments for cases of epilepsy and chronic pain, among other ills.
Competition is arriving as well.
In December, Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez inaugurated a $12 million laboratory owned by Canada's International Cannabis Corporation, which aims to produce and export medicine from hemp, a variety of cannabis that contains CBDs but has no psychoactive effects.
Despite the momentum, experts say there is one key problem: Countries including Ecuador, Cuba, Panama, El Salvador and Guatemala continue to prohibit both the recreational and medicinal use of marijuana and exports of cannabis products are subject to a complex web of international regulations that is still being developed.
Diego Olivera, head of Uruguay's National Drug Secretariat, said Uruguay's comprehensive cannabis law, along with its strong rule of law and transparent institutions, gives it a head start.
As in other areas of the economy, our country can be differentiated fundamentally by quality, he said.
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PERMACULTURE IS COOL
What can I say, permaculture is cool. I met a gent who is seriously into permaculture and coffee. We hung out, got along and he came to Alta Vista and suggested some ways to make it a green, edible garden.
I don't know much bout permaculture or gardening but do know that I want Alta Vista to be as green and healthy as possible, organic farm style. A utopia of sorts that is self sustainable where abundance is everywhere and making healthy food choice is the easiest thing to do. For starters no more burning carbon such as leaves and such, compost is the way to go.
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La Fiebre de la Palma (english subtitles) - Oil palm in Ecuador
Some farmers and Ecuadorian contrymen give their advice about palm oil cultivation, which continues to grow in their country for decades. These stories are punctuated by the comments and analysis of experts. This documentary, taking the palm oil cultivation in Ecuador as a guideline seeks to show the unsustainability of the dominant food system and limitations of the model called agro industrial. The way in which is now conducted the expansion of the cultivation of palm induces socio - economic and ecological consequences that lead us to question about possible alternatives. Some answers will be suggested in the last part of the documentary.
Year: 2013
Duration: 51:22
Directors: Antoine CUSSET & Gabriel NEYRA
Unos agricultores y campesinos ecuatorianos dan sus opiniones sobre el cultivo de la palma aceitera, que sigue creciendo en su país durante décadas. Estas historias son puntuadas por los comentarios y análisis de expertos. Este documental, teniendo como pauta el cultivo de palma aceitera en Ecuador intenta mostrar la insostenibilidad del sistema alimentario dominante y algunas limitaciones del modelo denominado agroindustrial. La manera actual de conducir la expansión del cultivo de la palma de aceite induce consecuencias socio - económicas y ecológicas que nos llevan a preguntarnos las alternativas posibles. Se propone algunas pistas en la última parte del documental.
Año: 2013
Duración: 51 min 22
Directores: Antoine CUSSET & Gabriel NEYRA
Plusieurs paysans et ruraux équatoriens, donnent leur avis sur la culture du palmier à huile qui ne cesse de croître dans leur pays depuis plusieurs décennies. Ces différents témoignages sont rythmés par les commentaires et analyses d’experts. Ce documentaire, en prenant pour trame directrice la culture du palmier à huile en Equateur cherche à montrer la non durabilité du système alimentaire dominant et certaines limites du modèle dit « agro industriel ». La manière dont est actuellement conduite l’expansion de la culture du palmier à huile induit des conséquences socio – économiques et écologiques qui nous amènent à nous questionner sur les alternatives possibles. Certaines pistes seront suggérées dans la dernière partie du documentaire.
Année : 2013
Durée : 51 min 22
Réalisateurs : Antoine CUSSET & Gabriel NEYRA
MORIR SEMBRANDO VIDA - 2015 (DOCUMENTAL COMPLETO)
GUATEMALA /59min./ DOCUMENTAL / 2015 / HD COLOR /
Producido por ESTRELLA AUDIOVISUAL
Cooproducción de VACA BONSAI
Dirigido por MATIAS QUINZIO & MARCOS MENDIVIL
En Guatemala, los ancestros de sus tierras cultivaban el Maíz y los consideraban un grano sagrado.
Por siglos, este cultivo fue la base cultural y alimenticia de cientos de comunidades.
Hoy, en el contexto de un sistema que prioriza los productos de agroexportacion y los monocultivos, no solo el sagrado Maiz y el futuro de las tierras cultivables se ven amenzadas, sino tambien toda una cultura milenaria que representa los pueblos de Guatemala.
ESTRELLA AUDIOVISUAL & VACA BONSAI
Editado por...............................SANTIAGO LUCHINI
Diseño Grafico.........................ARIEL MARTINEZ HERRERA
Animación................................ANDRES FAGGIONATO
Musica Original........................RULI CAZABET
Subtitulos ................................ESTUARDO ALVAREZ
Correccioón de Color...............DANILO GALGANO
Post Producción de Sonido.....GONZALO CLADERA
Prod. Ejecutiva..........................PABLO SOTO-JORGE SOTO
P4A 2014 Sesame Workshop
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Mercy Corps Guatemala Phoenix Fund Pineapple Project
Watch a short video on how the Phoenix Fund worked with Guatemalan farmers, to give them access to marketplaces for their pineapples, providing them with an income for the first time in their lives and enabling their children to go to school.