Yes, I realize that I am just publishing this diary now, a month after this trip took place, but that just goes to show how lazy I am. First I should explain why I ventured from the affluence of the country club and the saftey of my tiny little college campus to vacation in a place where a hot shower was a luxury. I suppose I don't really have any deep or philosophical answer for that other that it seemed like a damn interesting place to see. Plus the fact that I wanted to visit my lovely friend, Steve. My first full day in Guatemala was spent in San Marcos on the Lago de Atitlan in the Highlands. Steve picked me up at the airport the previous evening after spending the night in the dorms of
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