Blogs from Guatemala City, Capital Region, Guatemala, Central America Caribbean - page 7

The day before yesterday I discovered in the late afternoon that Adrelina had no shuttle to here in the afternoon, only in the morning. But I had decided to go to Petan in Honduras Friday - Saturday, and they would not let me drop off my bags here on the way, so I booked passage with them to here leaving at 7AM this morning. That meant yesterday was my last day of classes. I presented my teacher with one of my Canada "Cat In the Hat´s" and said farewell to everyone. I had planned to go to the hot springs again with the other students, and I could have, but they were leaving a bit early, and not all of them were going, but the one guy that was going is quite young, not very dedicated ... read more

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Efter veloverstået eksamen for hele årgangen og for mig personligt, er der snart afrejse til praktikken i Guatemala. Fredag skulle vi arrangere dimisionsfest for de netop færdiguddannede pædagoger, så det blev til en lille hyggeøl/ brandert med medstuderende (god praktik til alle, og god rejse til Teresa, Nanna, Ulrik og Jesper). Denne uge har der igen været undervisning på seminariet!!!! Det er et særsyn, og jeg har ikke været vant til at møde klokken 8 i meget lang tid, men det gik nu fint. En lille uge med praktikforberedelser og udfærdigelse af mål for praktikken. Jeg fik en fin snak med min vejleder og har et udkast til målene (faglige, sociale og personlige). De vil muligvis beskrives nærmere ved en senere lejlighed. Afrejse: Nå, i morgen kl. 16.25 (torsdag 29/1 2009) stikker jeg af med Euroline-bussen ... read more

We flew to Guatemala City with the intention of going to Tikal, Antigua, and other places in Guatemala as well as Copan in Honduras. Guatemala City was founded in 1776 as the country's third capital, the previous two being destroyed by earthquakes, floods, and volcanic activity. Under Spanish rule, it developed into the chief city in Guatemala. The city was rebuilt along modern lines following devestating earthquakes in 1917 & 1918. Later, in 1976, more earthquakes destroyed the northern part of the city so new buildings were built in the southern part. We enjoy zoos and had heard that the Aurora Zoo in Guatemala City was pretty neat. I had previously been to the zoo in Panama City and it left a lot to be desired. We were pleasantly surprised by the one in Guatemala. It ... read more

So. We're here. But man was it an adventure. First off, our flight out of Ottawa was cancelled since they had to get "parts" from Chicago before taking off. So we were able to get out of Ottawa on another flight to Chicago at 8:30am on a different airline...but we didnt take off for like another hour and a half because the engine was frozen and they had to de-ice the plane! So by the time we got to Chicago, we had to literally sprint to the other terminal to make our connection...which we missed by like 5mins. After some running around, talking to different people with our airline, we managed to get on the next flight to Miami. Once in Miami, we were happy. Just one more flight to catch, and we'd be good to ... read more