I can't believe it has been 23 days since I wrote. Bob is righ to give me heck. So here is the next installment. After Gaetan and Alex left, I got in a quiet and nice routine. Spanish classes most mornings, teaching English on Tuesday, meeting with friends for meals and chats. The most memorable times were endless conversations in Spanish with my teacher, Lucia; great meals in La sabor de India, one of Xela's best restaurants, with Penelope and Stanley who were my neighbours and saying goodbye to the kids at the school. After my last lecture there, they had a little thank you ceremony: speeches, songs and dances. It was very touching. On Friday the 27th, I left Xela to meet Steve in Guatemala City. I left at 1430 hrs thinking I would get
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