On Friday night I went to Royal Paris, a French restaurant, with some of the girls from my host family. My friend Hugo, who I met through Boni (from Casa Xelaju office) and who I used to play music with, is in the group that was playing. They are called Sombrero Negro and their a latin-jazz/folk group that sounds really good. They have a guy who sings and plays a mean flamenco-esque style guitar, a guy who plays alto and tenor sax, a girl who sings, a foreigner who plays clarinet, Hugo on all types of precussion, and a girl who plays everything (while dancing). We stayed out late, thus making it hard to get up this morning (Saturday, May 13) at 6 am. Today I took the students to La Laguna Chikabal. It is a
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