About Guatemala Travel Podcast with Ixchel Morales
Guatemala Travel Podcast with Ixchel Morales follows travel as a resident would live it: arriving, unpacking, staying long enough to learn the place. The country's two east-west mountain chains make the highlands cool, the Pacific coast hot, and the Peten lowlands humid. Moving through Guatemala means navigating that vertical geography.
Across the series, Ixchel Morales moves between Guatemala City, the capital; Antigua, the colonial town; Lake Atitlan's highland villages; and the less-visited western town of Quetzaltenango. She also travels east to Livingston on the Caribbean coast and later crosses into the Peten lowlands around Tikal and the Maya ruins.
Episodes follow a slower rhythm, tied to the landscape's two seasons. The rainy season fills the highlands with cloud and green; the dry season shrinks rivers and turns the Peten dusty. The host returns to places she first visited months earlier, so the show accumulates knowledge the way a long stay does.
Ixchel Morales lives in Guatemala and stays for two years, moving between cities, coastlines and smaller towns on a route that follows the seasons. Not a week-long visit — Ixchel is there in every kind of weather, working out where to eat on an ordinary Tuesday, which train to take, what a festival actually feels like from the pavement.
A new episode arrives every day. Each one is short and specific: one neighbourhood, one journey, one meal, one museum worth the detour — with the practical detail that matters. What it costs. When it closes. Whether the queue is worth it. What to do when it rains. Every episode carries a full transcript and chapter markers.
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On my final full day in Esquipulas, I walk the quiet streets between the Basilica and the parched countryside, reflecting on the pilgrimage economy, the drought affecting local farmers, and the logistical steps for residency before heading east.
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Episode 80 of Guatemala Travel Podcast with Ixchel Morales. Ixchel Morales is in Esquipulas, Guatemala.
Places in this episode: Barrio San Sebastián, Basílica del Señor de Esquipulas, Parque Central, Banco G&T Continental - Esquipulas, Museo Café, Colonia Los Arcos, Acueducto Los Arcos, Mirador de Esquipulas.
Covered: Esquipulas Drought Impact, Residency Bureaucracy, Local Craft Economy, Peace History, Cost of Living.
Chapters:
00:00 Barrio San Sebastián
00:56 Parque Central
03:11 Colonia Los Arcos
05:45 La Cueva de las Minas
08:05 Hotel IV Centenario
A full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
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18 Oct 2026
Esquipulas Candle Smoke and Cross-Border Faith
Day six in Esquipulas: walking the quiet streets of Barrio San Sebastián, watching candle makers work before the afternoon rain, and reflecting on the town’s deep roots in Ch’ortí heritage and Central American peace history.
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Episode 79 of Guatemala Travel Podcast with Ixchel Morales. Ixchel Morales is in Esquipulas, Guatemala.
Places in this episode: Don Nicolás Coffee Shop, Colonia Los Arcos, Acueducto Los Arcos, Barrio San Sebastián, Basílica del Señor de Esquipulas, Elena's Workshop, Río Chacalapa, Banco Industrial.
Covered: Candle-making crafts, Residency banking logistics, Quiet season tourism, Chortí heritage, River Chacalapa, Esquipulas Crafts Economy.
Chapters:
00:00 Don Nicolás Coffee Shop
01:20 Acueducto Los Arcos
03:59 Banco Industrial
06:40 Restaurante el Sheick
A full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
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17 Oct 2026
Esquipulas Candle Smoke and Quiet Faith
Ixchel explores the off-season rhythms of Esquipulas, visiting candle makers in Barrio San Sebastián and reflecting on the town's pilgrimage economy.
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Episode 78 of Guatemala Travel Podcast with Ixchel Morales. Ixchel Morales is in Esquipulas, Guatemala.
Places in this episode: Colonia Los Pinos, Barrio San Sebastián, Acueducto Los Arcos, Parque Central, La Cueva de las Minas, Mirador de Esquipulas, Restaurante el Sheick Esquipulas, Banco Industrial.
Covered: Candle-making crafts, Residency banking logistics, Ecological parks, Local dining costs, Quiet season tourism, Religious heritage sites.
Chapters:
00:00 Colonia Los Pinos
01:27 Barrio San Sebastián
04:55 Restaurante el Sheick Esquipulas
08:41 Cafe
A full transcript of this episode is available in supported apps.
#Esquipulas #GuatemalaTravel #ChristOfEsquipulas #CandleMaking #OffSeasonTravel #Chiquimula #CentralAmerica #Pilgrimage #MayaHeritage #ResidencyJourney #SustainableTravel #LatinAmerica #TravelPodcast #IxchelMorales #QuietSeason #ArtisanCrafts #Ecotourism #GuatemalaLife
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