From Flores I took an overnight bus for 10 hours to Guatemala City and then onto Xela (or Quetzaltengo to give it its full name). I have been in Xela for 2 weeks now. Xela is in the west of Guatemala, surrounded by mountains and is at an altitude of 2,300 metres. Xela is the second largest city in Guatemala (after Guatemala city) with around 150,000 residents and isn´t particularly a tourist destination which means it is a good place to learn Spanish, because not many of the locals speak English. I spent the first 3 days in a hostel, whilst looking for a language school that I liked (there are at least 20 here). I´ve now been in a school for a week and a half and I am staying with a local family, near
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