¡Hola! Hoy es Lunes y estoy volvo para mas tarea. Tengo various cosas para escribir hoy, etonces no tengo un titulo mejor. Aventura Este fin de semana, fuimos arriba en las montañas para visitar un “zipline”. ¡Fui muy divertido! Las…

Extrañé dos dis para escribir por que fui enfermo. Hasta ahora no tuve nada dolores de estomago, pero aqui en San Pedro, supuestamente todos los gringos son enfermo uno vez. Ne se por que. Mi familia fue bueno para mí.…

Spanish speakers… put on your thinking caps. This entry will be using a fair amount of imperfect tense, because it is doing double duty as a homework assignment. If you don’t remember how to decode it, just strip off terminations…

(Note: English translation is below.) ¡Ahora, ese diario tiene dos idiomas, español e ingles! Estoy muy contento con mi decisión para viajar a San Pedro. Ese ciudad está en la mitad entre San Andés y Xela. No es desmasiado poqueño,…

As predicted in my last post, I decided to ditch Xela and find someplace else to study for the next two weeks. Because I liked Lake Atitlan so much, and because I am trying to meet up with Ben from…

I’ve had a few days to settle in to Xela now, so here’s some info about life here. Xela is Guatemala’s second biggest city, but it is a distant second to Guatemala City, with only 120,000 residents. It has several…

This morning I arrived in Xela, and have found my Spanish school, and the house where I will be staying. It is not as opulent as my last house, but mi madre seems much more communicative, so hopefully I’ll feel…

Some more random observations about Guatemala… Guns People say Americans are crazy gun toting cowbows, but the real Americans who love their guns are the Central Americans of Guatemala. I have never seen so many guns as I have here.…

I got to Antigual yesterday afternoon after a long bus ride most of the way aross Guatemala. From Puerto Barrios to Guatemala City it was pretty comfortable. We were on a Mercedes bus which dated to the 80’s, judging by…

I made it out of Livingston this morning with no problems. My plan to stiff the hotel worked perfectly. I feel about this bad (fingers really close together), but I’m certain the hotel lady will find a way to get…