Category Guatemala
Guatemala, Day 1 – Chez les Kelly
Last time I was in Guatemala, I was backpacking on the last few dollars of my student loans. The budget was tight and my agenda ambitious, and I stayed in some dreadful lodgings. This time, you’d think I was in an entirely different country. Jennifer and Mark live in a spacious condo in a swank modern high-rise […]
Guatemala, Day 1 – Guatemala City
Guatemala City is only 2 hours and 19 minutes from Miami. Aside from an obnoxious woman’s stealing my aisle seat and refusing to give it back without making a scene (which meant that I was stuck with her middle seat because I wasn’t willing to make a scene), the flight went well. I read the latest […]
Guatemala
Just a quick status update, lest my devoted readers worry (it occurred to me that posting a link to that New Yorker article on a blog that my mother reads may have been better done after I’d returned home). In any case, I am here in Guatemela. I have NOT been murdered or forced to […]
Miami Layover
I flew out of Guatemala City in October 2008 after two months of intense Spanish study and adventurous traveling in Central America. As we lifted off the tarmac, I thought, “Well, that was fun. I probably will never come here again” — and by “here” I meant, partly, the country of Guatemala (so many countries […]
Guatemala: Tikal – Semuc Champey – Flores
As you can see from the subject, I’m back in Guatemala — and I definitely have some fun adventures to recount. But before the travel log, I’ll vent some of my complaints with a short list of things I would do if I were in charge: First, I would outlaw Doritos. Honestly, whoever thought it […]
Guatemala: Xela (Week 4)
I can´t believe my spanish classes are almost over! I just bought my bus ticket to go to San Cristobal de las Casas in Mexico on Friday. I´ve had a great time learning spanish and living a relaxed (chilly) life here in Xela, but I´m definitely excited to get down into the jungles and see […]
Guatemala: Xela (Week 3)
So another week (or so has past) and I have good news for all of you: I´ve figured out how to make apostrophes easily! You can now enjoy a properly punctuated email (at least as far as contractions go – I make no promises for semicolons). Lets see, so the highlights of the past week […]
Guatemala: Xela (Week 2)
I cant believe Im already nearly at the middle of my second week of classes; I have a feeling this trip is going to go by fast. I think Ive made some progress with the espanol. Wouldnt mind making more progress, but most days arent too frustrating, and sometimes there are some nice breakthroughs. I […]
Guatemala: Xela (Week 1)
I feel kind of like I am writing early in a mission… (oh, and by the way, dont judge me for not writing with apostrophes–the keyboard is super annoying and it the effort to put in apostrophes is sucking my will to live, so Im abandoning that project). So Ive been in Quetzaltenango (Xela for […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 