Well I made it to Xela!! My flight was delayed so I missed the bus I was supposed to take... luckily I met these two young people who were in the same situation. We weren't supposed to take busses to Xela past dark, but we decided that it would be better to just get there and that we would be fine. The bus was probably one of the more scarier experience since the fog was so thick and the bus was playing chicken with the cars in the other lane. However, we made it there alive at 930pm. The three of us immediately got in a cab and told the cab driver a hotel. It didn't exist so the driver just took us to a hotel that was nice and had rooms. Worked out just great and we were safe and sound. I met my family Tuesday morning and we defintely could not understand each other at all. But that's ok, I will eventually.
I am the only student staying with the family. There are two sons, 19 and 24, who make fun of me constantly for not being able to speak Spanish. They try so hard to make me feel like family and I really appreciate it. The food she makes is really good, but I think I'm already sick of eating plantains. The bathing situation is what you woudl expect from a third world country... it´s either high pressure and cold, or kinda warm with no pressure. It's fine though.
My first full day I went to help rebuild a community that was knocked out by Hurricane Stan. We helped by planting trees for the reforestation effort and then moving blocks for building a school for the little kids. They are soo cute, but speak this random dialect that I have no chance of understanding. Still fun though.
Today I took the¨chicken bus¨ to ChiChi. I put that in quotes because there were no chickens on ours, but usually there are. These busses are old school busses that they cram three people per seat instead of your usual two children. ChiChi is the biggest market in Guatemala (i think) and I got some gifts for my family. I am trying to learn how to barter so I got some pretty sweet deals. The way back was hilarious because 24 of us were crammed in an 11 person van for the first hour and then we were in the chicken bus again for another 2. No chickens again, lucky me. Right now we are trying to plan our weekend... we think we are going to the beach! Should be fun... OK wow that is enough for one blog =)
I am the only student staying with the family. There are two sons, 19 and 24, who make fun of me constantly for not being able to speak Spanish. They try so hard to make me feel like family and I really appreciate it. The food she makes is really good, but I think I'm already sick of eating plantains. The bathing situation is what you woudl expect from a third world country... it´s either high pressure and cold, or kinda warm with no pressure. It's fine though.
My first full day I went to help rebuild a community that was knocked out by Hurricane Stan. We helped by planting trees for the reforestation effort and then moving blocks for building a school for the little kids. They are soo cute, but speak this random dialect that I have no chance of understanding. Still fun though.
Today I took the¨chicken bus¨ to ChiChi. I put that in quotes because there were no chickens on ours, but usually there are. These busses are old school busses that they cram three people per seat instead of your usual two children. ChiChi is the biggest market in Guatemala (i think) and I got some gifts for my family. I am trying to learn how to barter so I got some pretty sweet deals. The way back was hilarious because 24 of us were crammed in an 11 person van for the first hour and then we were in the chicken bus again for another 2. No chickens again, lucky me. Right now we are trying to plan our weekend... we think we are going to the beach! Should be fun... OK wow that is enough for one blog =)
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