Guatemala Girls http://www.guatemalagirls.org/ en Copyright 2007 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:12:52 +0100 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.17 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Back! Well I am, Tali is still out there exploring the delights of India!

What an amazing experience! We were lucky to have another great bunch of fellow trekkers, saw some amazing landscapes and get to know a little bit about the wonderful place we were privileged enough to visit.

Camping this time was 5 star luxury, we had pillows and showers (well hot water in a bucket with a jug!) which were most appreciated after 12 hours of trekking! We experienced the true extremes of mountain weather hiking one day in 47 degree heat and rain the next. The altitude certainly made it tough on the old lungs too!

Anyway, here are a few pics for you to enjoy, am sure that Tali will add more when she gets back next week but just to give you a wee taste of what we've been up to!

As always, thank you soooooo much to everyone who has supported us in our fund raising activities, as as group we raised almost 80,000GBP for Scope which is fantastic and goes a long way to helping them carry on all the great work they do.
Thanks again.

Em
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]]> http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000074 http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000074 Events Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:12:52 +0100 Nous sommes arrive! We can't actually believe it yet (but thats probably the lack of sleep!) but after months of fundraising and an incredibly long journey yesterday we have arrived in Ladakh! We are both feeling a little ropey but not really sure if its the fatigue or the affects of altitude.

We are currently at 3,500m above sea level so we will be staying here for a couple of days to aclimatize before we start trekking on Tuesday.

We've not seen much so far but its clear that this is an amazing country!

Lots of love from a very tired

Tali and Em
x

]]> http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000073 http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000073 Events Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:52:57 +0100 And The Winners Are...... The raffle has finally been drawn, the lucky winners are as follows:

First prize of a fabulous outing for 2 on a 30 foot sailboat to watch the sun set over the beautiful Mediterranean went to Oliver Mond from Bespoke PC. Congratulations Oliver and don't feel obliged to take one of us with you!!

A crate of 50€ worth of tasty organic vegetables from The Organic Food Ferry will soon be delivered to Thomas Punzmann's door.
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Anita from Fresh Directory will be enjoying brunch for 2 at the uber-lovely Giangrossi ice cream specialists, consisting of a double decker tuna sandwich with a tub of one of their delicious ice-cream flavours of her choice
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H2O's Gloria Garcia will be enjoying a Pulsated Light Treatment from new beauty salon Leiser Marbella based in San Pedrohttp://www.leisermarbella.com
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Peter Goulding will be making lots of call with his 26 calling cards worth 6€ each from Zirvana Communications, don’t worry Pete we don’t expect you to use all of your credit calling to say thanks!
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And the 50€ worth of free calls to the UK from Alka Telecom went to Tracy Oades.


Tori Seyd's coffee table will soon be spruced up with a copy of “Visual Poetry”, international artist Owanto's latest book
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And Jake Riley will be enjoying his 1.5 litre bottle of Tennessee's Jack Daniels
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Tasha Mills was the lucky winner of a basket of goodies from the delicious D’Alicia patisserie in Guadalmina


The two massage sessions of one hour each from (UK trained and SMA Registered) Grant Foster were won by Hannah and Julie.


A a 1 hour private Hatha yoga session from the super-bendy Ian Langdon will be enjoyed by Lynda Witkowski.


Perry and Beatriz will soon by enjoying new a new “do” thanks to mobile hairdresser Ali.

Kieron and Denise Moore will soon be enjoying a buffet lunch for two from the "Flying Chef" to be delivered to thier home or work place.


Edward Broadhead will soon be enjoying some traditional pub grub from the new menu at the Hogan Stand in San Pedro.


Big congratulations to all of the winners and as always thanks to everyone who took part. Also a massive thanks to all of our sponsors for donating all the fabulous prizes!!

Tali & Em

PS. Happy birthday to me! Em x

]]> http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/links/index.html#000072 http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/links/index.html#000072 Links Tue, 29 May 2007 12:52:59 +0100 One Night of Food and Music GG_Girls_shamelss_poster.jpg

Well finally we did it, after saying for the last two years of our fund raising activites that we are going to hold a Shameless concert, we finally did!!

Our fund raising activities are drawing to a close and its not long before we are off to India so we decided that we would make our last event a big bash which also tied in very nicely with both of our birthdays! Still true fund raisers at heart we did not miss the chance to sell a few raffle tickets!!

Massive, massive thanks to everyone at The Robin Hood, especially Claire who made the whole thing so easy to arrange. And of course a massive, massive thanks to Shameless for donating their talent for the evening, sorry it took us so long to get our acts together boys!!

Judging by all the dancing that took place it is very fair to say that a good time was had by all! Thanks to everyone who came down!

Tali and Em x

]]> http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000071 http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000071 Events Mon, 28 May 2007 21:43:30 +0100 The Last Chance Raffle For those of you who haven't quite got round to sponsoring us then this may interest you. Local businessmen and women have rallied round and come up with some absolutely brilliant prizes so that we could hold our Last Chance Raffle. The raffle will be drawn on the 26th May at our final event (make a note in your diaries!)

Here is the list of prizes:

First prize is a fabulous outing for 2 on a 30 foot sailboat to watch the sun set over the beautiful Mediterranean. Get your sailor suit ready and polish your telescope....Land Ahoy!

Have a soul filled evening with 2 VIP tickets to the Kool and the Gang concert at Marbella Jazz Festival in July. Ceeeeeeeee-le-brate good times, COME ON!
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A crate of 50€ worth of tasty organic vegetables, delivered to your door by the ever-smiling Mike and Jo from The Organic Food Ferry
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Brunch for 2 at the uber-lovely Giangrossi ice cream specialists, consisting of a double decker tuna sandwich with a tub of one of their delicious ice-cream flavours of your choice
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Pulsated Light Treatment from new beauty salon Leiser Marbella based in San Pedro. This session is for underarms and gives long lasting results - ladies take note, very handy for the summer!
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ET can finally call home if he wins the 26 calling cards worth 6€ each from Zirvana Communications
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...and if he doesn't win that then he might win the 50€ worth of free calls to the UK from Alka Telecom


Your coffee table can be spruced up and your soul reinvigorated with a copy of “Visual Poetry”, international artist Owanto's latest book
http://www.owanto.com
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And your soul will be dancing a hoe down with our 1.5 litre bottle of Tennessee's Jack Daniels
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Indulge your tastebuds with a basket of goodies from the delicious D’Alicia patisserie in Guadalmina


Your neck, back and shoulders will thank you forever after a massage sessions of one hour each from (UK trained and SMA Registered) Grant Foster. The massages can be either a sports massage, a clinical massage or a relaxing massage. We have 2 to give away!


If you can't remember the last time you touched your toes, maybe a 1 hour private Hatha yoga session from the super-bendy Ian Langdon might be able to help.


Give yourself a wee makeover with a haircut from Ali, mobile hairdresser extraordinaire in the comfort of your own home. We have one men's and one women's cut to give away...

Buffet lunch for two from the "Flying Chef" to be delivered to your home or work place..


...and there are more prizes to come!

Tickets are only 10€ each...you can pay by the webpage or come and see us :)

Good luck!
Tali & Em

]]> http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000070 http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000070 Events Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:23:34 +0100 DSC03648.JPG
Thankfully (or not depending on your point of view, I personally could have done with a bit of a lie in!) we managed to avoid the rain long enough on Sunday to climb La Cruz. Given the cloud cover and the rapidly advancing fog, the views were not what they could have been but I think it is fair to say that a good day out was had by all!
love and blisters
Em x

]]> http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000069 http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000069 Events Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:14:14 +0100 DSC03638.JPG
Seem to have ourselves a wee legion of followers for our weekend walks! Thanks again for coming along guys! See you next week for La Cruz de Juanar!

]]> http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000068 http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000068 Events Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:29:12 +0100 Paddy's Day... myspace layout


Massive thanks to the Hogan Stand for letting us take advantage of their Saint Patricks Day celebrations to hold our raffle. Congrats to Paul for bagging the 1.5l bottle of Jack Daniels, Declan for winning the bubbly and Murray for taking home the malibu.

We raised nearly 300€ so massive thanks to all who took part!

GGOT xxmyspace layout

]]> http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000067 http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000067 Events Sun, 18 Mar 2007 02:13:30 +0100 DSC03621.JPG
Another sunny day and another hill to be climbed! Thanks to everyone for coming along today to the Castillo of Monte Mayor, not that the castle ruins were much to write home about. And even if I do say so myself, well done to me for not getting us lost!

Em x

]]> http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000066 http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000066 Events Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:42:55 +0100 The Only Way Is Up DSC03503.JPG

Well apart from a few navigational difficulties to start (and I am not trying to absolve myself of blame here but surely it is each individuals responsibility to make sure they know where they are going and not just blindly follow some blonde chick who looks like she knows where she is going) fun was had by all on the climb of Sierra Crestillina on Sunday. Thank you all for coming, hope to see you next time!!

Also congrats to Estrella for winning the brunch for two at Giangrossi following the Pancake Day Raffle. Well done to Natalie and Peter who were also lucky in the draw!

love Em x

]]> http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000065 http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000065 Events Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:49:59 +0100 Little Miss Pancake! logo ticket giangrossi.jpg

Little Miss Pancake (aka Tali!) was very busy in the kitchen last night making lots of delicious pancakes for everyone down at Giangrossi in Marbella. The verdict from everyone was "yummy"!!

We raised a fantastic 261.27€...and counting as Giangrossi will continue to sell raffle tickets for us until the draw on Friday....prizes include a Brunch for 2 at Giangrossi, 4 Cocktails of your choice at Lolita Marbella and 2 House Special Mojitos in Bambina...so if you find yourself in Marbella in the next couple of days, nip in and buy a ticket!

Ma-hus-sive thanks to Joanna and all at Giangrossi for their generous support and a special muchas gracias to Peter and Celeste...you know why!!

Love and Pancakes
GGOT xx

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]]> http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/sponsors/index.html#000064 http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/sponsors/index.html#000064 Sponsors Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:36:11 +0100 Pancake Day pancakedayposter.jpg

We're inviting everyone to test our waitressing skills next Tuesday 20th February. The occasion is PANCAKE DAY and we are celebrating it at the ice-cream-specialists-and-all-things-delicious Giangrossi in Marbella. The lovely people there have very kindly agreed to donate ALL their profits from the sale of their incredibly tasty pancakes on Tuesday 20th Feb to our favourite charity Scope. So we would love it if you all came down with friends, family and random strangers next Tuesday from 5pm to indulge yourselves and donate to a worthy cause at the same time. The warm fuzzy glow will be twice as fuzzy and twice as glowy!

For those that aren't sure where Giangrossi is, go to Cafeteria Marbella, walk towards the beach and it is on the junction on the right hand side. The car park in Alameda Square is about 1 minute away.

Hope to see you there!!

GGOT
xxx

]]> http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000063 http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000063 Events Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:44:03 +0100 Happy Valentines Day! layout for myspace

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]]> http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000062 http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000062 Events Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:57:16 +0100 We did it!!! DSC03417.JPG
A massive thank you and well done to everyone who made it up La Concha today! It was a tough climb but I think it is definitely fair to say that a good day out was had by all!!!!
An extra special thanks to Antonio, Jesus and Angel from the Delegacion de Medio Ambiente for making sure we made it there and back safely!!!

Love and blisters
Tali and Em xx
(The Guatemala Girls on Tour)
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]]> http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000060 http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000060 Events Sat, 13 Jan 2007 20:24:04 +0100 Happy New Year!!! Hi folks

Happy New Year to you all!! Hope you all enjoyed the festivities as much as we did and that Santa was generous with his gifts...!

New Years Resolutions? Well the biggest goal for the GGOT in 2007 is to reach that target and take part in the trek to Ladakh in June.......!

And the first event for 2007? The postponed La Concha climb! There are still places available so if you would like to join us on SATURDAY 13th JANUARY then give us a yell and we will add you to the list!

Here's hoping that all your wishes come true in 2007!!
love
GGOT xx

]]> http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000059 http://www.guatemalagirls.org/archives/events/index.html#000059 Events Sun, 07 Jan 2007 23:07:57 +0100