http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Rabbit50/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Rabbit50 en-us Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:38:30 BST Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:38:30 BST Hey EveryoneLife here is good. So you heard it right. I'm a middle school English teacher. I teach 6th and 7th grades. It is really difficult but I get my own classroom bathroom and computer. The hardest part is dealing with behavioral problems. I like teaching adults so much more. I think this might be my punishment for being such a bad student when I was younger. Anyway at least the pay is http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Guatemala-City/blog-326387.html Hey everyone How is it going Jason and I just got back from Coban and Livingston. We had a good time. Coban was more boring than I imagined but we took a tour to Semuc Champey which is some crazy natural pools. It was really relaxing. We swam and we climbed all around that area. It was great We also bought some really good homemade chocolate cookies which were better than almost anything I hav http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Livingston/blog-314353.html Well Jason and I went ot san pedro and stayed at a really cool place called Maritza we met this cool guy Luis. The lake was wonderful and Jason and I were chill but then we decided to climb Volcan San Pedro. I didn't eat any food before and only drank 3 cups of coffee. Then we started to climb. After the first 100 meters I was beat and I realized we only had 20oz of water between the 3 of us. I http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Lago-de-Atitlan/San-Pedro-La-Laguna/blog-311746.html Que Onda Hey everybody How's it going I'm doing pretty good. To start i got a new job at a high school here. I'll teach english and I'll earn 1000 a month which is a lot of money here. I was really tired of being so poor. I start in a week and a half. But I have to cut my hair for the job. I really don't care that much. I was thinking of cutting it anyway. So soon you will see a picture of me http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Quetzaltenango/blog-309429.html Dearest friends family and people I only kind of know How are all of you things here are going pretty good. I've been teaching a lot and studying Spanish a lot too. I met a girl that I like and we have been hanging out but nothing is very serious yet. Her name is Lucia and she is beautiful. She only speaks Spanish so I've been studying a lot so maybe I can understand or speak more in depth http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Guatemala-City/blog-290997.html Hey Everyone Well here I am. Today is my birthday. My first birthday away from home. I'm not doing anything special today. I'm gonna do some pondering eating smoking and listening to Bob Dylan today. I'm throwing a party at my house on Saturday. It should be fun. I remember when I was 20 I told Leigh that I would get married when I was 28. She told me you can't pick the year and she was righ http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Quetzaltenango/blog-276584.html Que Onda Estoy muy chido. Life here is going pretty good. I have a good rhythm. I've been going out to the bars by myself and have made some real Guatemalan friends. It's a lot more fun than going out with the gringos from the school. Plus my Spanish has improved a lot. I now only really teach in the evenings. I spend the mornings relaxing and juggling. I'm getting pretty good. I went surfing a http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Guatemala-City/blog-268997.html Hey everyone Mexico was awesome I love Mexico But I'm back in Guate. I traveled with a fellow teacher Laurence and I met up with another teacher Ted. We drank visited waterfalls caves lakes churches and just hung out around town. I looked for jobs there but I didn't find anything very good. I more or less decided to stay in Guatemala and leave in October and travel Central America before se http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Guatemala-City/blog-258630.html Well here I am. This is my fourth time in San Cristobal and every time I see something new. Being here really makes me hate Guatemala. There is no razor wire here and it is cleaner with less pollution. I'm kind of looking for a job here because I like it so much but I don't think I'll have much luck. Plus I think I could sneak Danny into Mexico. It took 20 dollars and 16 hours to get here but I http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Mexico/Chiapas/San-Cristobal-de-las-Casas/blog-257465.html Hey Everyone Long time no see. Well it's been a while since I last wrote. Here in Guate things are mostly good. This past month has been crazy.No girls or at least nothing permanent but I'm always looking. Danny's good. He's been getting big. We kind of playfight sometimes and he makes weird noises. I'm not sure if he likes it so I don't do it much. But I bet he likes the playful aggression. H http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Guatemala-City/blog-255608.html Dearest friends and family Well it's been awhile since I last wrote. I finished my vacation and have been struggling for money. I had to pay like 300 dollars to fix the brakes on my van. I got pretty used to having steady paychecks and when they disappeared I was trying to fix my brakes pay rent buy groceries and party. Now I am working too much like 45 hours a week standing in front of peop http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Guatemala-City/blog-243268.html Que Onda No puedo creer que los dias han pasado tan rapido I went to Tikal last weekend with my friends Joe and Hergil. It was an awesome trip We took the overnight bus to Flores and then we started drinking. We got a hotel and then booked a Sunrise in Tikal tour. We passed out early and then woke up at 3am to go to Tikal. We were in pretty rough shape at that hour in the morning but we sold http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Flores-Tikal/blog-231804.html Merry Christmas everyone Christmas here was gooda little strange but not in a bad way. They have some crazy traditions here. Starting around December 15th they do this thing called posada. All the neighbors meet at someones house then we banged maracas and turtle shells as we march down the street. We then marched to someone's house and ask them for lodging. After songs and a little playactin http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Guatemala-City/blog-231535.html Hey World Life here feels like it's ready to blossom. I finished teaching yesterday for the Christmas break. Two weeks ago my summer school students and IMostly me wrote a play. The little kids then acted it out while my students read the linesBecause the little kids can't speak English well. It was great I no longer have a fear of working with kids. Not that I want to do it but I know I ca http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Guatemala-City/blog-227887.html Hey people I have been doing some thinking today about my life here. Is it better here Well I have left everything in the US. My friends my family my good job my school and my girlfriend. Some might say this is crazy. Why would I leave all that Here I get paid worse I'm not going to school that much I do have good friends but no girlfriend. Sometimes though I get happy knowing that http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Guatemala-City/blog-225777.html Hey Everybody Well I'm still in Guatemala City and teaching a lot. I go on vacation from work on the 14th of December. Only two and a half more weeks of teaching. I teach a summer school class every morning for three hours. It is killing me but it has also made me a better teacher. I have been taking Spanish lessons two days a week. It is nice but I speak way too much English here. I went to t http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Guatemala-City/blog-223184.html Hey Everyone Life here in Guatemala city is going good. I am making friends and working a lot. I work about 7 hours a day. I teach everyone from adults to children. I'm not sure what type of student is better. Some kids really learn English fast and it can be fun but kids are irrational and can be a pain. Adults are fun also but some adults feel that they aren't that smart and give up before th http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Guatemala-City/blog-213962.html Dearest friends and family Life here in Guatemala City is going pretty well. The school that I work for is awesome. I am working 5 to 6 hours a day. I have a sweet apartment that looks like it is in the country and not the middle of the city. I have a cool roommate named Hergil. We threw a housewarming party that was pretty cool. I had never thrown a party in a foreign country before. I am just http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Guatemala-City/blog-210094.html Hola amigos y familia Still here in Lago Atitlan. My experiences here have been great. Spanish is a second language for most around these parts. The locals speak Tz'utujil first Spanish second. It makes things a little more confusing. I spent 3 days in San Pedro de la Laguna. It is a very pretty town with lots of good restaurants and bars but the place is overtaken with Israelis and other touris http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Lago-de-Atitlan/Panajachel/blog-203772.html Dearest fullparttime friends and family Man I feel good I'm in San Pedro on the beautiful Lago Atitlan. This place is just what I needed. I'm surrounded by three volcanoes and a huge lake. It was rough getting here taking a collectivo and then a boat. My hotel is sweet and is only ten dollars75 Quetzales a night. I only brought a a couple pairs of clothes and some books. This place is a coo http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Lago-de-Atitlan/San-Pedro-La-Laguna/blog-202800.html