Weekend

(t) Our school is a non-profit organization supporting impoverished children in the area. On Friday night they had an event for the kids at our school. The teachers put on skits and they gave all of the kids a bag with books for school, socks, dolls, etc. All of the kids were so well behaved and grateful. I am glad we were here for the event.

After, we had our first night out on the town with the other students and teachers. Here is a shot of the tienda where we started out. Imagine going to 7-11 and having tables where you can immediatly drink your purchased beers. Next we went to a salsa discoteca but we quickly realized we need some lessons!


Saturday we went to a place called Fuentes Georginas. It´s a natural hot spring heated by the volcanic activity in the area. It was nice to get into the hot water as I have been cold since we got here. Guatemala is not the warm Central America you typically think of. The below shots are of us riding a pickup from the town of Zunil up to the hot springs.

The hot springs are a couple towns away. We successfully utilized the chicken bus system to reach it. The drivers take a lot of interest in decorating their buses. We rode in a mini bus (basically a mini van) for part of the journey back. We started out with just the two of us and by the time we got to central Xela there were 25 people packed into the van.


Today we are back in town getting ready for the week. Below is a snap taken from the hill we live on.