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Story by a traveler who climbed them both, Pacaya w/ photos - Ixchel Spanish School

El mayor ingreso de visitantes durante el segundo semestre de este año ayudó a que el crecimiento del sector turístico reportara a noviembre un crecimiento acumulado del 2 por ciento, en relación con el mismo período del 2008. - Ixchel Spanish School

ARCHAEOLOGY's annual list of the year's most exciting discoveries--from North America's earliest canals to evidence for chemical warfare at a Roman outpost in Syria--highlights sites, artifacts, and scientific studies we feel most enrich our knowledge of the past. - Ixchel Spanish School

Fascinating video of an overnight tour to the Pacaya - Ixchel Spanish School

New evidence that the first ruler of Copan was installed by a distant Maya kingdom, most likely Caracol or Tikal. - Ixchel Spanish School

At 6 p.m. on December 7, Guatemalans burn the devil. Supposedly, the custom began in 1776 in Antigua, when people set fires outside their homes to light the way for a procession in honor of the Immaculate Conception, the feast of the Virgin Mary that is celebrated December 8. - Ixchel Spanish School

Legions of travelers have discovered how costly international text messages and e-mails can be. Here's how to protect yourself. - Ixchel Spanish School

Different kinds of map projections and their pros and cons - Ixchel Spanish School

Located in the northwest of Honduras, just a few miles from the Guatemalan border, the area known as Copan has a landscape of lush green rolling hills, coffee plantations and cattle ranches. This is pure cowboy country. - Ixchel Spanish School

Old American school buses, affectionately referred to as “Chicken Buses,” are the primary mode of transportation throughout all of Central America. Depending on what kind of traveler you are, you either avoid them or take advantage of them whenever possible. - Ixchel Spanish School

A newly discovered stone panel at the Classic Period Maya (AD 250-900) center of La Corona in Guatemala has confirmed the identification of that site as the long-sought Maya center once only known as “Site Q”. - Ixchel Spanish School

The recent "algae bloom" in Lake Atitlan has triggered an enormous alarm in the population and the media. Many people are panicking and basically believe that something drastic has happened to Lake Atitlan in just a few days, but this assumption is wrong. The problem has been steadily increasing for many years. - Ixchel Spanish School

NASA satellite image showing the bloom of blue-green algae in Lake Atitlan - Ixchel Spanish School

Atitlan is indeed breathtaking, but nowadays it is leaving many visitors gasping for breath. A thick brown sludge is tarnishing its once blue waters. It is the result of decades of ecological imbalance, brought on by economic and demographic pressures. The unsightly and smelly layer, more than 100 feet deep in some areas, is chasing tourists away from Mayan towns in the area and posing huge cleanup expenses to a government already strapped for cash. - Ixchel Spanish School

A thick, chocolate-coloured scum floats on the normally clear blue waters of Lake Atitlán, in the southwestern Guatemalan province of Sololá, caused by agricultural fertilisers and untreated sewage from surrounding villages and farms. - Ixchel Spanish School

According to Hollywood, the world is doomed for destruction in 2012. Not so, say the people living near the Mayan ruins in Copan Ruinas, Honduras. “It’s a rebirth,” they say. “It’s a time for celebration.” - Ixchel Spanish School

Newly discovered murals and new insights into ancient artifacts in Penn’s collection reveal much about the everyday people, not just the elites. - Ixchel Spanish School

The pez leon is not native to the Mexican Caribbean and is fairly new to this region. There is speculation that the species was released into the Gulf of Mexico after a hurricane hit in Florida in 1992, destroying an aquarium with a few of these creatures and emptying them into the ocean. - Ixchel Spanish School

The classic image of the old man with his “chiribisco” broom sweeping parks and streets of La Antigua Guatemala is vanishing. The Municipalidad of La Antigua Guatemala has created these new make-shift street sweepers designed for cobblestone streets. - Ixchel Spanish School

Insects have very keen powers of smell that direct them to their targets. But for researchers trying to figure out what attracts or repels the pests, sorting through the 300 to 400 distinct chemical odors that the human body produces has proved daunting. - Ixchel Spanish School

sadly. I think commenting (and sharing and hiding) are awesome on FF. - Maria Figueroa

Yes, definitely. FriendFeed has so many features that Twitter is missing, it should have more users. I still hope that will change, but so far Twitter seems to be growing much faster than FF. - Ixchel Spanish School