Hello We're back in Guatemala, after popping to Belize and Honduras ... we love Guatemala, it's by far the most beautiful country we've ever been to (& so spending a bit too much time here!). Hoping to get plenty of photos up - so quick summary .... Sarita's happy she's had her beach fix Adam's happy he's seen caves, bats, fish, lizards and crocodiles Spanish is still moy terreeeble Charades and facial expressions are coming on a treat [View Full Entry]

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computers playing up, so this is a continuation of the last entry! oh - and thanks for all your messages, always good to hear from you loads of love - Adam and Sarita xxx [View Full Entry]

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After leaving Antigua last Friday afternoon, we rode in the back of a pickup truck up to a place called the Earth Lodge, near a town called El Hato, on the outskirts of Antigua. The place was started up by a Canadian named Drew and an American named Brianna 6 years ago, and has gorgeous views of the surrounding valleys and city of Antigua. On our second day there, we hiked for a couple of hours out into the surrounding hills, and saw some amazing scenery- for miles in all directions, the villagers have planted corn fields, and the trails which [View Full Entry]

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Hola! Not much of an entry I'm afraid, mainly for the reason that I'm yet to actually do very much. After a shockingly bad flight (Iberia don't think it's necessary to give you televisions for 11 hour flights) I got into Antigua, Guatemala about 6pm on Monday evening. They must have known I was coming, because I was greeted with fireworks, and other forms of celebration. Bizarrely, the only thing they'd forgotten was the "Welcome to Guatemala Stewart" banner. Some would say that this is because they were not actually celebrating my arrival, but were celebrating Guatemalan independence [View Full Entry]

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We´ve spent the last three days in Antigua, and I feel as if I´ve had my fill. The city is beautiful, and very easy to get aquainted with; three volcanoes surround the city, and in the morning the weather has been cloud-free so the sights of these have been awesome. Our first night, we stayed at a place called the Jungle Party Hostel, which was interesting; Thursdays are "ladie´s nights," but since there weren´t many ladies around, they gave the guys drink specials if we agreed to put on dresses. It was an interesting way to unwind after a long journey [View Full Entry]

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Depuis ce lundi, je travaille egalement les apres-midis. Je deviens une specialiste du tranchage de legumes, du nettoyage de tables et de chaises lol. Chaque midi, j'aide a preparer un repas simple pour 20 a 40 eleves. Repas automatiquement suivi par une seance de lavage de vaisselle, ce qui prend evidemment beaucoup de temps, vu le nombre d'assiettes et de verres. La premiere semaine fut eprouvante du point de vue de l'espagnol. A l'ecole, dans la famille d'accueil, les personnes parlent lentement, en articulant bien, ce qui n'est pas necessairement le cas a l'ecole ou je travaille. Meme s [View Full Entry]

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Here we go: 8 hours from now, I'll be leaving the country for Guatemala City and then...who knows? Our tentative plan is to move through all of Central America and then fly to Buenos Aires for Christmas and New Year's. From there, we'll head to Patagonia and then up the west coast of South America to Peru and Bolivia. To all of my friends and family back home: thanks a lot for your love and support! See you soon! [View Full Entry]

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Ben oui, sejournant au Guatemala pendant 2 mois, la question de la lessive a evidemment du etre abordee a un moment ou un autre. Quelle est la meilleure solution ? Porter mon linge a une lavanderia ou le laver moi-meme ? Me renseignant a gauche a droite, d'autres etudiants me vantent les merites de la lavanderia proche de l'ecole, me disant combien c'est facile... il suffit de deposer son linge puis d'aller le recuperer quelques heures plus tard, lave et seche. Il y a juste un petit inconvenient : la personne peut melanger mes vetements avec ceux de quelqu'un d'autre, laver [View Full Entry]

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almost two months since the last blog...so we have definitely slacked off, but then again living in antigua has caused us to settle a little more than planned, which is why i am happy to say that lindsie and i are leaving by the end of september....woohoo. until then we have to buckle down and work as much as the bar can have us...but enough of that... the time here goes quickly some days, and others we feel like we have been here for an interminable amount of time. the town is still beautiful, we have started to run out of [View Full Entry]

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Ce matin, Nayna et moi avons fait quelques achats de premiere necessite sur le grand marche du samedi a Antigua, comme des vetements ;-) et des fruits par exemple... Il est possible d'y trouver tout et n'importe quoi, de la brosse a dents aux chaussures, du poisson frais aux haricots de toutes les couleurs, de la mandarine au sac maya typique. Juste a cote du marche se trouve la gare routiere d'Antigua, avec les nombreuses camionetas ("chicken bus") et son flot de voyageurs. [View Full Entry]

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