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Mi primero día de escuela, pero estoy muy triste
What a sad day it is here. Rescuers are still finding bodies in numerous mudslides in different sections of the Interamerican highway. … Continue readingMi primero día de escuela, pero estoy muy triste
Pienso soy más vieja que mi abuela nueva
We hit the tiny market in the park this morning to practice our español. After the market, I went to meet mi familia guatemalteco. … Continue readingPienso soy más vieja que mi abuela nueva
¿No hay un baños aquí?
…It was the derrumbamiento that kept me in Xela this afternoon. … Continue reading¿No hay un baños aquí?
¿Trabajo y escuela? Se siente como casa.
Anyway, despite the inclement weather, I managed to sign up for a week of classes at Celas Maya and also wade into work. … Continue reading¿Trabajo y escuela? Se siente como casa.
Un otra día ocupado en Xela
Started my new job with the clowns today. … Continue readingUn otra día ocupado en Xela
Encontré tres escuelas, tamalitos perfectos y un trabajo
My first order of business was finding a school. I went to about 6 and narrowed it down to three. Celas Maya, Miguel Cervantes and Pop Wuj. … Continue readingEncontré tres escuelas, tamalitos perfectos y un trabajo
Estoy aquí, perdida y cansada
Anyway, I walked around for two hours in the wrong zona, on the wrong avenida looking for the wrong calle.. … Continue readingEstoy aquí, perdida y cansada
I promise, no more pictures of hiking gear
I was really hoping to post a picture of my headlamp, which I am convinced is somewhere so obvious and laughing at me. I’m not as coordinated as I’d like to be, and a headlamp frees my arms for balance and to push myself off … Continue readingI promise, no more pictures of hiking gear
Oh Stanley, any chance you’ll pack yourself, por favor?
Stanley was named in 2003 after a town in northwestern Tasmania, when a bus driver christened him with a tag he still proudly dangles from one of his loops. He’s been lost in Italy, gone missing in Greece, spent a lonely week without me in … Continue readingOh Stanley, any chance you’ll pack yourself, por favor?
¡Hola mundo!
…in a few days, I’ll be on a chicken bus to Quetzaltenango and all I can think of is “how am I going to stay away from Atitlán?” … Continue reading¡Hola mundo!