+jAY miLLS Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Anyone know if there is a Central American coin or more specifically a Guatemala coin in circulation? Yea I know there are probably only 6 geocachers in Guatemala but I just need to ask anyway. Quote Link to comment
+Droo Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 HogwildStuff had a Mexico coin until recently...... Quote Link to comment
+jAY miLLS Posted March 3, 2007 Author Share Posted March 3, 2007 HogwildStuff had a Mexico coin until recently...... Yep I got that Mexico coin. Very nice looking coin and brings back fond memories of the five weeks I spent there when I look at it. Looking for a Guatemala coin for the memories of the eight weeks I spent in Quetzaltenengo or as the Maya call the town Xela (Shay-la). Would like to move to the Chiapas area of Mexico or the western highlands of Guatemala some day if the opportunity presents itself. Anyway that is more info than you wanted or needed but it felt good to me to expound ...... Quote Link to comment
+chancerider Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Well, if a Guatemala coin ever does get minted, I'd definitely buy one also! As a rememberance of the time I spent in and around Esquintla . Quote Link to comment
+Tennessee Jed Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 (edited) Well, if a Guatemala coin ever does get minted, I'd definitely buy one also! As a rememberance of the time I spent in and around Esquintla . Me also for the time I spent in Panajachel. I would also like to see a El Salvador Geocoin but I would think it is too dangerous to geocache there. Edited March 4, 2007 by Tennessee Jed Quote Link to comment
+WWC-World's Worst Cacher Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 9key and I have in the past had some discussion about doing a Guatemala coin. Since it looks like there is some interest I will have another discussion about it. Quote Link to comment
+chancerider Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Well, if a Guatemala coin ever does get minted, I'd definitely buy one also! As a rememberance of the time I spent in and around Esquintla . Me also for the time I spent in Panajachel. I would also like to see a El Salvador Geocoin but I would think it is too dangerous to geocache there. Oh, I had forgotten about Lake Atitlan.... and driving in Guatemala, what an experience! Thanks for reminding me about Panajachel! Quote Link to comment
+jAY miLLS Posted March 5, 2007 Author Share Posted March 5, 2007 It would be awesome to have a Guatemala coin. I have been putzing around with a drawing for a personal coin relating to Xela, Guatemala just in case I should ever find myself with the funds needed for such a fantasy project. My 8-weeks in Xela was my first trip outside of the U.S. (not including Canada) and it was a life changing experience for me, something I have never experienced before or since. Possibly because it had such a profound effect on my world view and my place in it, as well as my personal attitudes towards and about some of the most simple things in life that I previously took for granted . . . like having clean drinking water out of the faucet just to name one example. It revealed to me to some of the most beautiful scenary and people (Maya) imaginable on one hand juxtaposed by exposing some of the most mind numbing poverty one can bear to see on the other. It brings tears of graditude mixed with tears of shame to my eyes at times. But here I go again, . . . needless to say I love Southern Mexico and sympathize with the Zapatistas of the region, and the Western highlands of Guatemala, Xela in particular. The moral of the story for me is to stay off the beaten path and get down where the rubber meets the road to experience the culture, rather than the tourist traps. Sorry for the exposition . . . hope I didn't bore you too much. Viva Xela! Peace jAY miLLS Quote Link to comment
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