Entries in Guatemala
60 Degrees of Separation
Written by Kyle on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 in Guatemala
Feelin' normal
Feelin' normal
We have arrived!
Two Perspectives: Antigua, Guatemala
Written by Kyle and Bessie on Saturday, February 02, 2008 in Guatemala
Feelin' amused
Feelin' amused
So, Bessie and I are going to try something different that we can hopefully do from various places around the world. We are both going to write our impressions of Antigua without reading what the other has to say, so that we can get a sort of He Said / She Said view of a place. It will be interesting to see how a place looks through different eyes... Anyway, here is my perspective first:
Virtual Tour: Antigua, Guatemala
Written by Kyle on Saturday, February 02, 2008 in Guatemala
Feelin' normal
Feelin' normal
Another nifty thing that we hope to do along the way is to create some "virtual tours" of different places that we go to around the world via google maps. Simply click on each one of the points on the map to see a picture or video of that place. I hope you enjoy!
Hot Magma? Sweet!
Written by Bessie on Sunday, February 03, 2008 in Guatemala
Feelin' excited
We´re not afraid of lava. We´re eXtreme!Feelin' excited
Real Life Telenovelas
Written by Bessie on Wednesday, February 06, 2008 in Guatemala
Feelin' thoughtful
If any of you aren´t familiar with a telenovela, they´re everything amazing and horrible in life. They´re the hispanics´ version of soap operas, but so much more indulgant. The basic formula is a passionate love story between two beautiful people, and there´s always major drama: fights between families, corruption in a business, illigitmate children, you get the gist. They´re more exciting than American soap operas because the plots are so juicy, and they only last about a month, so they really cram a lot into each episode. Feelin' thoughtful
So I bring up telenovelas because I´ve encountered a number of central american women over the past few years that have real life stories, but that to me sound like they´re straight out of a telenovela, but I know them to be true. It´s also been a window to help me understand why telenovelas are so dramatic - because to compete with the real life stories of love affairs and illigitimate children, tv show writers have to have even more dramatic story lines.
