We´ve come a long way yet. After studying spanish for a week, it is much stronger and I speak more confidently. I know all kinds of words like actualemente and other crazy stuff...with my spanish teacher I talked about life, death, government, art, philosophy, ways of living, and other advanced subjects all in spanish! Yesterday we came from Chichicastenango, which has this huge market on Sunday. All the local indigenous people come from all around, carrying huge bundles of clothes, masks, or whatever. The way they carry it is crazy--women carry baskets on their heads, balancing them perfectly, sometimes using a ring of cloth for extra stability. But another popular way to carry really huge loads is to use your head, and have this strap on your forehead that carries the bulk of the load. It´s
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