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First stop in Guatemala City tour is very trendy
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Next stop is the main square where a festival has buddy bears, each painted by different countries in the world
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Now Gerson taking my picture inside the National Palace
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President Jorge Ubico Castañeda traveled the world to find inspiration for his palace, this from Moorish Spain or North Africa
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Another lovely spot in the palace
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In the room soon to be used for a DHS document signing
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The bear from the US
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Random glimpse of downtown Guatemala City
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A binational center getting better all the time
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Raquel and Rodrigo smile while Dawn "whispers" something to the SEAL students
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They give us a tour, explaining their projects
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Creative writing tips
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Every program has an "organizational chart"
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At the end of our tour with Access alumni
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Very happy to meet Access Guatemala!
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2nd year Access students telling their stories
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A visit with Access students in Guatemala City
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On the USAC campus
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After the meeting with the English faculty at the University of San Carlos (USAC) in Guatemala City
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Right next to the church that our SEAL tourism alumna Claudia is showing us, this part of Parque Nacional las Victorias is a cemetery
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A breath before the last of the 137 steps
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Rodrigo, Claudia, Dawn, Daniel, and Wess in front of El Calvario
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Just behind the Catholic candles a Mayan ceremony was getting underway
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Now off to see the stadium
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Rodrigo explaining something about the obsidian to Dawn while Claudia waits to continue the tour
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Claudia above Coban
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Fascinating all the things growing in this tree
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RELO Ruth, CAO Dawn, and AJEDE's Mandre with Access Coban
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SEAL students from Coban with Dawn, Ruth & Rodrigo
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Access Coban 2nd year students with RELO Ruth
