While it"s snowy and cold in much of the Northern Hemisphere this time of year, December and January are popular months to visit Guatemala, where the skies are clear, but everything is still green and lush from autumn rains. Nestled in the Guatemalan jungle, Semuc Champey is a hotspot for adventurous tourists. Its name means "where the river hides under the stones" in Q"eqchi", a Mayan language spoken by local communities.
Staircase of turquoise pools
Today in History
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A dreamy start to the Year of the Pig
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The roots of invention
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Celebrating Flag Day: ‘O long may it wave’
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Autumn comes to the Porcupines
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Defying gravity on a swing ride
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Sundance Film Festival opens in Park City
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World Penguin Day
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Asteroid Day
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Steyr River, Austria
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Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
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In the Highlands for Saint Andrew s Day
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Vacuum Chamber 5 at Glenn Research Center
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‘Hello’ from zero degrees longitude
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Welcome to my neck of the woods
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These laurels are hardy
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New Year s Day
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Necropolis of Dargavs
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New Zealand s loneliest mountain
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Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia
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Hues of Hokkaido
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Zion National Park, Utah
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April Fools Day
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Corjuem Fort in Goa, India
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Row, row, row your gondola
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Hey, don t you guys have somewhere to be?
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Przewalskis horses, Hustai National Park, Mongolia
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Sunbeams across Tartu County, Estonia
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Sweet! It’s maple syrup season
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Deep in the North Woods wetlands
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Batten down the hatches