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Safely in Guatemala

I made it safely to Guatemala! I really shouldnīt be online in Guatemala. Among other things I came here to get away from computers, but I thought Iīd take a few minutes to update people on the trip. For starters we made it safely. We are staying in Casa Blanca. For the non-spanish speakers out there that means white house. Itīs a pretty decent little hotel. I thought somebody stole my TV but I was later informed that they didnīt have TVīs. That explains why I couldnīt find the cable hookups! ;)

We had a little excitement before the trip even started. Sadly, not everybody that was planning on coming was able to come. The building that we were going to put up didnīt make it through customs so most of the St. Mary students decided not to come. This really saddened me, but we are still going to make the best of the trip. We are no longer going to be able to build a building but there is more than enough stuff to do here and that will keep us busy.

Like I said our trip here was pretty uneventful. We flew into Atlanta and had a short layover there before flying in Guatemala City. After we landed in Guatemala City and waited what seemed like FOREVER for out luggage we made the 3 hour trip to our hotel. We ate dinner in the Parish, studied up on our Spanish and then promptly feel asleep. I donīt think I mentioned this but I had been up at least 36 hours at that point. Iīm still tired today and I probably got a solid 10-12 hours sleep last night.

Today (Saturday or Sabado), we got up and ate breakfast, took a few tours of San Lucas and then ate lunch. Iīm pretty proud of myself because Iīve eaten some of everything theyīve served. Most of you know Iīm pretty pick but Iīve always love Latin culture and food so it hasnīt been to tough. The parish here in San Lucas is beautiful. We eat all of our meals there and one of these days it will be our turn to do the dishes. Iīve made several new friends and Iīm pretty sure one of the locals is hitting on me. She invited us to go dancing and wants to teach me how to Marange (I might have spelled that wrong, but Iīm referring to the dance). Her name is Marta and she owns here own business so who knows where this romance might go. ;)

Well, Iīve spent enough time on the computer so Iīm going to stop now. I hope everybody is well and Iīll see most of you soon.

Sam

Posted over 4 years ago

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