well i made it to el salvador! after my last blog i called my cousin marguerite to check in and explain how i'm doing. well from there she was gracious enough to extend an invitation to visit my other cousin Richard's Pacific house in Guatemala. Usually, the trip to Antigua from Xela shouldn't take that long, but the road construction made me about two hours late for meeting Marguerite and Tomas, which i felt terrible about, but they were great. So from there, we drove to Richard's house and met up with Richard, Ruth, their daughter Ruth Maria, her husband Javier, their kids Javi (3-ish?) Juan Pablo(young), Maria Olga, Jaime, Stephanie, Stephanie's boyfriend Quique, Daniel, Mariel, Maria Olga and Jaimie's granddaughter Isabella (i apologize to my cousins for spelling the names incorrectly). We had a great
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