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What It’s Like to Live in Guatemala (And Why We’re Still Here)

So... a crazy thing happened the other day. We woke up, and discovered that we live in Guatemala (that's not the crazy part). The crazy part is that we discovered that we've been living here for one year!!! Ye...

Hiking Tajumulco with Kids — The Highest Mountain in Central America: Guatemala

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Planning a trip? Make sure to check out our book with advice on safely traveling to Mexico or Central America with your family. Step... step. Breath. "Just make it to that next rock. Okay, now tha...

The Perpetual Self-Reliance Project — An Update on Our Progress (And Thanks for Your Support!!)

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Sunlight dapples through the trees leaving variegated shadows on the landscape. The sun balances on the tips of the western mountains, ready to slip slowly behind them into slumber. Presidente (as we called ...

How to Help Your Children Overcome Fears and Try New Things

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Recently, we went for the 2nd time to Xocomil water park here in Guatemala. The first time, Atlas (2) was a little somber and hesitant to fully enjoy the water. This time, he was down right resistant... ...

Fuentes Georginas Hot Springs in Guatemala

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Planning a trip? Make sure to check out our book with advice on traveling to Mexico or Central America with your family. After a fun filled an exciting day at Xocomil, Guatemala's largest water park, we...

How to Survive the Mexico/Guatemala Border Crossing with Children (Plus One Small Family Travel Confession)

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A swarm of men rush toward our vehicle and begin clamoring all over it -- stepping onto the side rails, holding onto the roof rack and yelling at us in Spanish. Greg and I look at each other, eyes wide, wond...

The Perpetual Self-Reliance Project — Buying a Pig and (Trying) to Get Her Pregnant (aka Pig Porn)

With this amazing, life changing and FUN project, so far we've: built the chicken coop put tilapia in the pond built a pig pen and nesting boxes Now we were on a mission -- to buy a pig (pregnant i...

The Perpetual Self-Reliance Project — Building a Pig Pen and Nesting Boxes (and Putting Up Fencing)

So far, we've built the chicken coop and put tilapia in the pond for The Perpetual Self-Reliance Project. Today, we took up ALL the kids (all 19 of them) to help out with little projects. We all caught a ...

A Festive Christmas Tour of Panajachel, Guatemala

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Do you wonder how other countries celebrate holidays? When you think of 'Christmas', you probably have a vision in your mind of what that includes. Maybe it's snow, a Christmas tree, presents, egg nog and Chri...

How We Celebrated Christmas 2012 in Panajachel, Guatemala

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If you'd like a festive tour of Panajachel, Guatemala during the Christmas season, click here. Last year (2011) for Christmas we were at Laguna Bacalar, Mexico. "I wonder where in the world we'll be next year...