Blogs from Capital Region, Guatemala, Central America Caribbean - page 108

With my girlfriend finally granted some time off work we somehow decided upon doing a mad trip to Antigua, Volcan Pacaya and Guatemala City: all in the one day. We had to start early, and early in this case meant rising at 2:30am for the 3am Chicken bus. This bounced along uneven roads for a couple of hours as I drifted in and out of conciousness. We changed buses...somewhere... to get to Antigua (Maggie was doing the navigating). Feeling fairly nautious and exhausted the prospect of climbing a Volcanoe wasn't seeming as exciting as it did the previous day. The attractive streets of Antigua woke me up somewhat despite seeing them through my contact lense-less eyes. A cup of tea helped. Being 7am in the morning we had arrived a tad too early to gather any ... read more

We have begun learning to speak the language... We arrived in Antiuga last Thursday and got ourselves situated, found our language school and host family, which are at complete opposite ends of town. Jeff and I are actually thankful for that, the walk is much appreciated after the meals we are fed. This morning alone I was served 2 banannas, 3 pieces of pinapple, a piece of papaya, 1 piece of melon, 2 pieces of bread all on one plate! plus a coffee and an orange juice. After we stuff our faces full of fruit, while our host family mother Dora watches us like a hawk, we make our way down to the spanish school about 15 min away. From 8 til 12 we have one-on-one lessons with a spanish teacher, by 12 I am unable ... read more

Sakaric, nan! (at least I think that is hello in K'iche, the local language, so say the kids next to me playing grand theft auto) so this will be my first ever blog, or open journal, or whatever you want to call it. It has been about a week here in Guatemala, though it feels like a month. As some of you might be wondering, and others already know, I was supposed to have left two weeks ago, but didn't. Embarrasingly enough it was because I had misplaced my wallet the day I was supposed to leave. I ended up finding it in Yael´s car that night. But nonetheless a week later, minus $200, my adventure began, and everything was well, minus one ipod. Another embarrasing and costly story. All I'll say is that you should ... read more

Vi er glidd inn i Guatemalamodus her nede, det vil si at vi egentlig ikke gjor saa veldig mye! Stort sett bestaar dagene av aa vaere paa skolen, spise lunch, dusje de dagene vi har vann, dra til Antigua og henge paa La Fuente, for vi tar en overfyllt buss tilbake til San Juan, spiser middag, gjor litt lekser og slukner rundt ni. Har aldri sovet saa mye som her nede, sover fra cirka ni til halv syv hver dag, det er ni-ti timer det - det gjor jeg sjelden ellers altsaa! Familien min omtaler februar som "un poco loco" - litt gal. Det det handler om er at det er pokker saa kaldt om natten og morgenen (er ikke meningen aa banne, men det er kaldt!) og kjempevarmt paa dagen! I natt sov jeg med ... read more

Hello Everyone! I made it to Guatemala with no problems and the immersion process is now in full effect. My first day in Central America was very long with a big dose of excitement and culture shock all thrown together. I started the day off at 3:30am with only two hours of sleep due to anticipation and a late night call from my buddy Tam (appreciate it). The first leg to Miami was great. The guy sitting beside me on the plane was a 17 year old kid from Chile. His name was Jose Antonio Droso Merino Kypreos aka Pepe (No Joke) and he happily tutored me in Spanish the entire two hour flight. Next came a 4 hour lay over and then a 3 hour flight to Guatemala City. Looking out of the plane at ... read more