Videos from my travels in Guatemala
The annual festival celebrating many different things, including local defiance of Spanish domination... aaaaaand inebriated horse-riding.
Here are the ferris wheels that were set up for the festival in Todos Santos. Look at how fast those blasted things are moving! Who would ride something like that? My friends, that's who. My nauseous friends.And how were they secured into this device? By a safety bar, of course. A safety bar held in place by one bent, rusty nail.
Clips from the lava fields at Volcan Pacaya.
One of the contestants at the Miss Todos Santos beauty pageant dances her way to the stage.
Explosions and firebrands. Is there a better way to celebrate the start of a football match?
Videos of the Xelaju Super Chivos crowd singing their little inebriated hearts out.
The birds were going bonkers as the sun set in Flores, Guatemala
A wooden statue of Mary and Jesus is carried on the shoulders of worshippers who march over beatiful "paintings" of colored sawdust. Xela, Guatemala.
The school's guide is a former guerrilla. In this video we're gathered on Tajomulco, learning about life as a guerrilla and the battles that took place here.