i've tried to make it a habit of mine to greet almost everybody i pass on the street, in spanish. almost everyone returns my salutations with a grin and a response. i figure, if i'm going to look like an oafish gringo tourist, i might as well look like a friendly, oafish, gringo tourist.
today we went to the school corinne will be working at... the kids were awesome. full of energy and mischief. helped us paint some kiíche words on a wall.
i had a fried plaintain, stuffed with chocolate, and covered in sugar and cream. it was amazing.
hiking a volcano
setting out with 8 people loaded into a tiny, covered bed truck:
this is how far we hiked. no joke. to the top of that peak and back... well, i only made it the first two vertical kilometers... to the smaller peak...
this was the fog we encountered at the beginning of the hike:
this is what it looked like as we emerged:
relaxing!! at the halfway point:
(mi amigo nuevo scott):
el calle de la escuela (the school of the street: cori's future work place):
jose and anderson. jose is the one who wants to take a picture. he told me he was 13.
jose y yo (jose is the cool looking one):
various locations around quetzeltanango (xela) and guatemala city:
from the hostel we stayed at the first night:
from the room i slept in in guatemala city:
en route from guatemala city:
from the streets of xela:
the cafe where we watched a documentary on the buena vista social club:
the first delicious guatemala tostada:
finally, this is where i have class every morning:
love,
ben
4 comments:
Great photos, Ben! I am jealous and want to travel again very much so. By the way, have you always written in only lowercase letters, or did it just begin after you started hating capitalism?
it started the first time i forgot what i wanted to say because i hit ''backspace'' to correct a capital letter instead of continuing. :)
and thanks!
Ben! Do you want 300 audio cassette tapes? Let me know sooooooooon!
get lost in the hell bush killer
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