If I could only use one word to describe my life in Guatemala, it would be this: rustic. Well, maybe it’s not rustic by some people’s standards. I mean, I have a roof over my head after all (although I use that term loosely), electricity (well, most days), cable TV, hot water (sometimes) and most importantly, Internet… Read More Roughing It in Xela, Guatemala
I love the graffiti art here. While it may never compete with the graffiti in Brazil, it’s still fun to look at. Here are some photos I took of the graffiti around my neighborhood in Xela. What do you think? And which cities or countries do you think have the best graffiti? Want to see… Read More Graffiti Art in Guatemala
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So remember the last post I wrote? The one where I made light of the fact that Guatemala is soon to become fish food? Yeah, of course you do. Because I only wrote it a couple of hours ago. Well, here’s another update on the situation that’s slightly less than funny: My ceiling is now… Read More Water, Water Everywhere…
It’s been raining for three days straight now. And when I say that it’s been raining, I mean pouring so hard that some people’s houses are now underwater. I’m lucky that I live at the top of a hill, because our apartment has managed to escape most of the damage. But even so, our living… Read More A Volcano Erupted and Our House is Flooded
I’ve moved apartments and relocated to a new city, but that hasn’t stopped the bugs from tracking me down. Somehow they’ve all gotten wind of my change of address and have been showing up in droves in the last few days. You may remember the last surprise visitor that crawled into bed with me. Well,… Read More Yet Another Surprise Visitor
I’ve been studying Spanish in Guatemala for the last few weeks now and in the process I’ve come up with a few observations that might benefit anyone interested in coming here to study: 1. Spanish lessons cost anywhere between US two and six dollars per hour for one-on-one private tutoring 2. It’s impossible to find… Read More Spanish Schools in Guatemala
Photo by Helminadia Ranford I never thought of my ability to live abroad as a skill, but according to Elizabeth Gilbert, it’s something that some people are better suited for than others. The following is an exert from Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Committed. Committed is the follow-up book to her memoir Eat Pray Love (which has been described… Read More Which do You Prefer: Traveling or Living Abroad?
If you’re sitting in some cafe in Haight-Ashbury and wondering to yourself where all the hippies have gone (like the REAL hippies, not the third-generation-urban-outfit-wearing posers), well, I have an answer for that: Guatemala. While Guatemala doesn’t even register on most people’s radars (“like, is that a city in Mexico?” – is the usual question… Read More The Hippies in Guatemala
Here’s a recap of everything that’s happened since I started neglecting this blog (Um, yeah…Sorry ’bout that): My mom came to visit, I went zip-lining, took up salsa dancing, toured a coffee plantation, visited a hippie village, came down with a bad, bad case of food poisoning and then moved three hours away to a… Read More A Brief Update