Bienvenidos a Guatemala!

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Llegamos! Estamos en Xela.

And we´re back to toilets that don´t flush toilet paper, electric showers, people constantly bugging you to buy something, dark alleys with a surplus of stray dogs, and hot, sweaty buses!! (And we´re somehow both enchanted by this?!)

We really arrived with little to no trouble, in fact, it was almost too easy (knock on wood)! The first bit of anxiety came with knowing we had to pass through Mexico City which is the center of the swine flu AND they had had an earthquake the morning we were getting ready to leave! What next, right? But, since we´re both such intelligent girls, we stopped at Walgreens before heading to the airport and picked ourselves up a couple of medical face masks, which we found to fit in quite well in the Mexico City airport. Definitely a strange feeling to not only walk off an airplane into an entire airport full of folks with face masks but also to have people stare at you like you´re contaminated, as such was the case getting off the plane in Guatemala City (had to fill out forms for the swine flu and every official working in the airport had face masks, gloves etc).

The bus ride was easy, getting to the school was easy, and finding a perfect little cafe with a terraza overlooking the entire center plaza to have our first Guatemlan beer was even easier (as it should be). We both started classes this morning and we´re on our way to becoming Jackson´s newest Spanish teachers! Hasta luego!

Boots and Chopper

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Photos

swiners
yikes!

Xela
our new home!

Fuentes
alpine hot springs

La muela
hike to outlook over the town of xela

just taking a stroll... with a basket on her head
walking down the alley to our house in xela

Comments

[KITTY]

CHEVERE!!!!
my loves! i{m so excited for this adventure°! i{m picturing yall both there wild and green ready to take on the world with only a force that jackson can breed in a cowgirl! i{m happy to have your blog and i{ll be keeping watch from down below! colombia is amazing... still living on the farm and today i had a very intense orientation to the coffee and banana farming ARTE!!!! that {tis! buen provecho (you{ll be eating lots of goodies!) and i{m with ya on the toilet madness. xoxoxoxox kitty rrrr

[Mimi Monahan]

Go Girls!
Got your blog, figured it out and need to hear every detail!!! Wish I were sitting there sharing a cerveca with you both....keep blogging so we all know you're happy and okay. PS. I'm living in "perfectville" and Megan will confirm and have the flu....go figure!!! Must have been the country music festival and 50,000 per day that pushed me over the edge! Wear your masks until the threat is over.! xoxoxoxoxmimi

[Jessica (McAninch) Mortvedt]

Have fun and stay safe!
What a fun blog you all are doing! Have fun and stay safe. Sounds like you guys are off to a great adventure.