jueves, 21 de mayo de 2009
viernes, 1 de mayo de 2009
Travel Guatemala
We offer a wide variety of tours especially for cruise ship travelers , Helicopter Adventures and Helicopter Tours in Guatemala such as:
- Guatemala City Tour
- Mayan Ruins Tour
- Guatemala Volcano Tour
- Lake Atitlan Tour
- Semuc Champey Tour
- Antigua Cultural Tour Museums, galleries, churches and textile markets
- Coffee Plantation tour
- Coffee tour, horseback ride, zip line, Birdwatching Tour.
- El Pilar Birdwatching tour
- San Juan Comalapa
- Iximche Tour
Please contact us in advance and reserve the best quality tours specially designed for cruise ship travelers.
Ask about group discounts.
Departures from Puerto Quetzal & Santo Tomas
Alternative Tourism & Adventure
jueves, 23 de abril de 2009
New insights into the lives of Mayan people
These painted cylinder vessels, circa 8th century CE, were excavated by the Penn Museum at the ancient Mayan site of Chama, in modern-day Guatemala.
For nearly a century, the Penn Museum has housed more than 1,000 Mayan objects uncovered by excavator and explorer Robert Burkitt.
Now, with the aid of technology, the Museum is helping to tell the full story behind some of these ancient wonders.
The new exhibition, "Painted Metaphors," includes a dozen Chama polychrome ceramic cylinders excavated from Guatemala—objects that offer new insights into the lives of the Mayan people who lived in the highlands, far from the more sophisticated and well-known centers of lowland Mayan culture. The exhibit also includes more than 150 other Mayan objects.
“In a sense, this exhibit had to wait until the technology was ready,” says Elin Danien, research associate in the Museum’s American Section and curator of the show. “For example, we’re able to test for residue analysis, which allows us to know that, yes indeed, chocolate was in these two pots. The neutron activation analysis tells us that Chama polychomes are really made in Chama. For a long time, people wondered if these pots with a style so alien to this site could … have been made elsewhere and been brought in. No, they were made right there.”
Danien didn’t have much first-hand information on which to base her hypothesis about the show, as the only explorers to traverse the Mayan highlands were Burkitt at the beginning of the 20th century, and Penn Museum artist M. Louise Baker around 1940.
“The question at the heart of the exhibit was why were these polychrome vessels—a style very popular in the lowlands—suddenly made in the highlands for a brief period of time—no more than 100 years, perhaps as little as 50 years,” says Danien. “I think that people came up from the lowlands and took over in a more or less peaceful manner and these polychromes ... are like newspaper headlines, letting everyone in the area know that there’s a new game in town.”
The exhibit also features ancient figurines, musical instruments and incense burners, among other objects. Danien, who completed her dissertation on the Penn Museum’s collection of Chama polychrome pottery, wanted the exhibit to highlight the incredible field work of Burkitt, and the watercolor rollouts painted by Baker. To this end, the show includes a display on Mayan languages, which Burkitt studied and documented extensively, and some of the elaborate paintings by Baker that have helped archaeologists understand the images on the ancient vessels.
The show also required the handiwork of Lynn Grant, the Museum’s Interim Head of Conservation, who worked with a team to literally reconstruct some of the objects.
The low-fired objects proved to be a challenge. “Not only is the material soft enough that it’s warped slightly during burial, but you’re missing a lot of the exact joinage,” explains Grant.
One object, which they coined “Bad Bat,” was in especially dreadful condition before the exhibition. “Every time you touched it, more and more pieces fell off of it,” Grant says. “I had to strengthen all the pieces, take it apart and make them strong enough to put it all together.”
To help restore crumbling objects, Grant uses a mixture of acrylic resin and lightweight, inert microscopic glass spheres called B-72. A kind of spackle can then be used to fill in missing areas on objects.
The lines where Grant joined pieces together are clearly visible—unlike objects on display at art museums. “If you saw these same pots that had been restored in an art museum ... they will cover over all the join lines and repaint because they’re looking at it as a beautiful work of art,” she says. “For us, because these are most important as data that tell us about the people who made and used them, we don’t want there to be any confusion between what’s my invention and what’s a Mayan invention. All the join lines stay evident.”
“Painted Metaphors” is on display at the Penn Museum through January of 2010, and will then travel to at least one other location—the Frank H. McClung Museum in Knoxville, Tenn.
“There’s a lot there to remind people that the Maya still exist, that there are four to five million of them today,” says Danien of the show. “There’s also the importance of museums because of their stewardship of the past through their preservation of the objects and the importance of scientific examination.”
For more information on the show, call the Penn Museum at 215-898-4000 or go to www.museum.upenn.edu.
Tikal
Calle 30 de junioCiudad FloresPeten, Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaSan pedro El Alto 3001PH: (502) 5705 6904FAX: (502) 7882 4427
USA2222 Benz ViewKingwood TX 77339PH: (305) 395 3935
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miércoles, 1 de abril de 2009
Luxury Travel Guatemala
2 nights 3 days
(Day One)
9:00 Transfer to Lake Atitlan about 3.00 hours of drive to get to Lake Atitlan, on the way you will have the opportunity to see the fields where the Mayan people still cultivate their crop. Beautiful scene during all the transfer seeing mountains and fields with crops. Stop at the Mirador of the
12:00 Arrived to one of the best hotels at Santa Catarina Palopo “Casa Palopo” this is a five start hotel where you will be received like a king and have a suite or master suite depends on your preference.
(Day Two)
9:00 Transfer to Chichicastenango, 1 hour of drive to get to the biggest market of Central America there you can buy all the staff you want and also visit the church which is the only one in all Guatemala that permits the two religions inside the church Mayan culture and Catholic one.
lunes, 23 de marzo de 2009
Travel guatemala
Peten:
Tropical jungle, mystic Mayan cities, rivers, lakes, its extensive natural reserves, the diversity of flora and fauna do of this destination a tropical paradise in the heart of Mayan world.
The reserve of Mayan biosphere, represent 14 % of the national territory, declared as part of the system of worldwide biospheres by UNESCO in 1990, present a great variety of options of adventure and natural activities within this important reserve where we have an operation in tandem with the communities that inhabit it.
Importan destinations like Tikal, Yaxha, El Mirador, Cancuen, Ceibal, Aguateca and Dos Pilas, Nakum, Biotopes and Private Reserves, El Peru, National Park Sierra de Lacandón.
All areas are an open laboratory where the biological diversity does not pass unobserved, over 500 birds’ species, 57 reptiles' species, 800 species of trees make of this destination one of the most visited of Guatemala.
The Petén’s areas present a great variety of activities like Adventure Tours, Jungle Treks, Bird Watching and Wild Life Observation, Mayan Culture, etc.
An infrastructure of hotels and all class's restaurants allow adapting your trip in proportion to your expectations and budget.
Tikal
Calle 30 de junioCiudad FloresPeten, Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaSan pedro El Alto 3001PH: (502) 5705 6904FAX: (502) 7882 4427
USA2222 Benz ViewKingwood TX 77339PH: (305) 395 3935
Call Toll Free
viernes, 20 de marzo de 2009
miércoles, 18 de marzo de 2009
Luxury Travel Guatemala
Luxury Travel Guatemala
17:20, Flight form Ciudad de Guatemala to Flores
18:20 hrs,meet and greet at Mundo Maya international airport and transfer to your hotel
Dinner in Restaurante Capitán Tortuga
Lodging
Breakfast
8:30 a.m.- Transportation Flores – Tikal
Departure from the hotel to one of the most magnificent Mayan Archaeological sites that exists, and peten’s most famous attraction. Our expert guide will accompany and share with you all the insights of the majestic Mayan temples and most amazing traditions.
9:00 a.m.- Tour around the archeological park aprox. 4 hours.
Here you will be able to appreciate the glamorous ruins of Tikal hidden in the Jungle, were you will be able learn and imagine their daily forms of living that led to a perdurable tradition and untold mystery.
13:00 p.m.- Luxury Lunch
This is the most spectacular event of the day, were you will be able to enjoy an astonishing luxury lunch in the middle of a sightseeing jungle with a thrilling view from one of the Mayan temples, surrounded with overwhelming tropical flowers, and most importantly our chefs that are experts when it comes to the most hearth stopping local and international food.
Nothing better than to enjoy a breathtaking lunch surrounded by a bewildering natural beauty with all the commodities and phenomenal service of our chefs
15:30 p.m -Transportation from Tikal to Yaxha
Dinner & Lodging at El Sombrero Eco Lodge
Breakfast
Departure from El sombrero Eco Lodge to Yaxha archaeological site the home of the Moreletti crocodile, the third largest Maya city, one of the sites that is in its preliminary stage of restoration but yet has such great things to see, here you will have the wonderful experience of hearing the roar of the howler monkeys, one of our expert guide will accompany you along this unforgettable experience.
9:00 a.m.- 12:30 Tour around the archeological park
You will have the opportunity to visit the places that took place one of the well-known T.v. survival contests. There is no other experience that can be compared when visiting a maya city with a monumental magnitude of over 500 structures, and what makes the difference is the great view that can be seen, from temple 216 you can enjoy the fascinating view of the most amazing lagoon in the region, were you’ll feel such a thriving emotion. The site is characterized by large artificial platforms, causeways, and roads connecting different architectural complexes of the city and the lake.
13:00 p.m. 14:30 p.m.- Luxury Lunch
This is the most spectacular event of the day, were you will be able to enjoy an astonishing luxury lunch at the shore of Lake Yaxha, surrounded with overwhelming tropical flowers, and most importantly our chefs that are experts when it comes to the most hearth stopping local and international food.
Nothing better than to enjoy a breathtaking lunch surrounded by a bewildering natural beauty with all the commodities and phenomenal service of our chefs
15:30 hrs, Transportation from Yaxha to the Mundo Maya International Airport
18:40 hrs, Flight from Flores to Guatemala City
End of the most incomparable and remarkable trip!!
Antigua Guatemala
USA
17:20, Flight form Ciudad de Guatemala to Flores
18:20 hrs,meet and greet at Mundo Maya international airport and transfer to your hotel
Dinner in Restaurante Capitán Tortuga
Lodging
Breakfast
8:30 a.m.- Transportation Flores – Tikal
Departure from the hotel to one of the most magnificent Mayan Archaeological sites that exists, and peten’s most famous attraction. Our expert guide will accompany and share with you all the insights of the majestic Mayan temples and most amazing traditions.
9:00 a.m.- Tour around the archeological park aprox. 4 hours.
Here you will be able to appreciate the glamorous ruins of Tikal hidden in the Jungle, were you will be able learn and imagine their daily forms of living that led to a perdurable tradition and untold mystery.
13:00 p.m.- Luxury Lunch
This is the most spectacular event of the day, were you will be able to enjoy an astonishing luxury lunch in the middle of a sightseeing jungle with a thrilling view from one of the Mayan temples, surrounded with overwhelming tropical flowers, and most importantly our chefs that are experts when it comes to the most hearth stopping local and international food.
Nothing better than to enjoy a breathtaking lunch surrounded by a bewildering natural beauty with all the commodities and phenomenal service of our chefs
15:30 p.m -Transportation from Tikal to Yaxha
Dinner & Lodging at El Sombrero Eco Lodge
Breakfast
Departure from El sombrero Eco Lodge to Yaxha archaeological site the home of the Moreletti crocodile, the third largest Maya city, one of the sites that is in its preliminary stage of restoration but yet has such great things to see, here you will have the wonderful experience of hearing the roar of the howler monkeys, one of our expert guide will accompany you along this unforgettable experience.
9:00 a.m.- 12:30 Tour around the archeological park
You will have the opportunity to visit the places that took place one of the well-known T.v. survival contests. There is no other experience that can be compared when visiting a maya city with a monumental magnitude of over 500 structures, and what makes the difference is the great view that can be seen, from temple 216 you can enjoy the fascinating view of the most amazing lagoon in the region, were you’ll feel such a thriving emotion. The site is characterized by large artificial platforms, causeways, and roads connecting different architectural complexes of the city and the lake.
13:00 p.m. 14:30 p.m.- Luxury Lunch
This is the most spectacular event of the day, were you will be able to enjoy an astonishing luxury lunch at the shore of Lake Yaxha, surrounded with overwhelming tropical flowers, and most importantly our chefs that are experts when it comes to the most hearth stopping local and international food.
Nothing better than to enjoy a breathtaking lunch surrounded by a bewildering natural beauty with all the commodities and phenomenal service of our chefs
15:30 hrs, Transportation from Yaxha to the Mundo Maya International Airport
18:40 hrs, Flight from Flores to Guatemala City
End of the most incomparable and remarkable trip!!
Tikal
Calle 30 de junio
Calle 30 de junio
Ciudad FloresPeten, Guatemala
Antigua Guatemala
San pedro El Alto 3001
PH: (502) 5705 6904
FAX: (502) 7882 4427
USA
2222 Benz View
Kingwood TX 77339
PH: (305) 395 3935
Call Toll Free
Call Toll Free
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