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Guatemala-Colombia 2

by EMU Intercultural Programs

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The president of the Project Ruth y Noemi coop demonstrates traditional loom weaving

Jim and Ann playing guitar and singing at the hotel in Chichicastenango

The view from the top of Volcano Pacaya

Kelsey Blosser on the windswept climb up the volcano

Zach Coverdale explores the lava-encrusted mountain

The remains of a building at Iximche

Colorfully painted tombs in Chichicastenango

Vendors sell flowers for Mayan rituals on the steps of a Catholic church in Chichicastenango

Karla Hovde and Abigail Carr prepare pan dulce (sweet bread) in Spanish class

The group contemplates a stone circle upon which prisoners of war and other people were sacrificed at the Iximche Mayan ruins

Kelsey Blosser, Everett Brubaker, Andrew Yoder, Carmen Witmer, Naomi Good, Christina Hardman-Zimmerman, Emily Shenk, and two EMU alum on Pacaya

Emily Shenk, Randi B. Hagi, Christina Hardman-Zimmerman, Kelsey Blosser, Emily Shenk, Naomi Good, and Andrew Yoder

David Yoder and Landon Heavener pose on the hike up Pacaya

Chris Bates, Landon Heavener, and David Yoder in a tree along the hike

Women at the Chontola weaving coop working in the kitchen

Ranita Shank, Emma Dalen, Zach Coverdale, Kelsey Blosser, and Everett Brubaker relax in the courtyard at CASAS

The group treks over to the cemetery at Chichicastenango

Weavings for sale in Chontola

The Iximche ruins

Several stray dogs on Pacaya posed and begged for scraps

Clouds and steam billowing around the summit