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  • ep26

    Planet Kapow 26 : Nebaj to Lago de Atitlan

    ON THE: road out of Semuc Champey, the truck we are in pulls over at the top of a hill. The view from the hill is spectacular – verdant green valleys; a small, moss-encrusted church – but the hill itself is covered with trash, the...

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    Guatemala: hike around Nebaj (Cuchumatan Mountains)

    Ok, I’m jumping the gun a bit with my backlog of posts I should be getting on top of, but here is an update that I really wanted to get up. A few days ago we got back from a brilliant 3 days up in...

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  • ep8

    Planet Kapow 08 : Huajumar to Yepachi

    WE LEFT: Huajumar in the morning under light cloud, still excited about going to work on the farm despite the repeated delays. We knew extremely little about it – what work we’d be doing, how remote it was, how many people would be there –...

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    Video: Ping Pong Ka-Pow, Episode 14

    AND SO: after traveling through the golden beaches of Thailand, the radiant fields of Laos and the alluring jungles of Cambodia, it is in China, where we least expect it, that we find the most beautiful and awe-inspiring place of all. Tiger Leaping Gorge. I...

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