{"id":2556,"date":"2017-01-01T18:31:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T18:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=2556"},"modified":"2017-01-01T20:41:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T20:41:36","slug":"feliz-ano-nuevo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=2556","title":{"rendered":"Feliz A\u00f1o Nuevo."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.&#8221;<i>&nbsp;Oprah Winfrey.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Firstly, Happy New Year or, as they say here in Latin America, &#8220;Feliz A\u00f1o Nuevo&#8221;. 2016 was another (equally) incredible and surprising year, as well as being a sad one.<\/p>\n<p>During the first part of the year I was fortunate enough to explore more of my favourite continent, Latin America, taking in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica (Cost A Fortune!) and Panama.  I also managed to squeeze in a return visit to Colombia and my beloved coffee finca &#8211; Hacienda Venecia. All of which you can read about in my previous posts.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, in the spring of 2016, Greenvale AP presented me with another work based project, which I enjoyed immensely, enabling me to save some money for a return visit to Latin America.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly 2016 delivered a number of lows with the death of a work colleague and, as we all know, some celebrity legends. The events in Syria have also left a bitter taste &#8211; for all mankind.<\/p>\n<p>I am currently back in Guatemala, Panajachel (Pana) to be precise, where I am &#8216;topping up&#8217; my Spanish vocabulary for three weeks. I am staying with a lovely host. Magda and her family were so welcoming last year that no return visit would quite be the same without their hospitality.<\/p>\n<p>New Years Eve was spent enjoying a traditional evening with &#8216;the family&#8217; &#8211; lots of food and an incredible firework display, courtesy of Panajachel residents.<\/p>\n<p>Later this month I will be &#8216;unleashed&#8217; onto the unsuspecting citizens of wider Guatemala to explore more of this amazing country. The people here in &#8216;Pana&#8217; are incredibly friendly and I hope this remains the case throughout the journey ahead.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Here&#8217;s to a prosperous and peaceful New Year.<\/p>\n<p>Hasta pronto!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_4617.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_4617.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"630\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_4617.jpg 788w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_4617-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_4617-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_4620.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_4620.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_4620.jpg 720w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_4620-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_4619.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_4619.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_4619.jpg 720w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_4619-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_4618.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_4618.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_4618.jpg 480w, https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/img_4618-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.&#8221;&nbsp;Oprah Winfrey. Firstly, Happy New Year or, as they say here in Latin America, &#8220;Feliz A\u00f1o Nuevo&#8221;. 2016 was another (equally) incredible and surprising year, as well &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=2556\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[108,105,14,106,107],"class_list":["post-2556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guatemala","tag-central-america-on-a-shoestring","tag-guatemala","tag-hacienda-venecia","tag-panajachel","tag-worldoftravelling"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2556"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2556\/revisions\/2570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}