Monthly Archives: June 2010
My New Job
If you read “teaching job in Guatemala” in my last post and envisioned me sweating it out in a humid, windowless shack while my students sat on the dirt floor, shoeless yet eager to learn…well, you’d be a tad bit off with that one. The reality is that I teach in a very posh International … Continue reading
I Found a Job!
My goals for coming to Guatemala were simple: Become fluent in Spanish, write a book and volunteer. Well, thus far I’ve managed to become fluent in SpanGlish, write two-thirds of a book and volunteer for two whole hours at a domestic violence shelter. So basically I’m zero for three on the goal front. But I … Continue reading
Life’s a Beach
My housemates and I went to the beach for the weekend. One of my roommate’s has a car and so we drove to a hotel his friend owns on this secluded piece of Tulate beach. We BBQ’d, body-surfed and built a giant bon-fire on the sand. Besides a few stray dogs that followed us around … Continue reading
Why I like Living Abroad
Today my Dutch roommate told me that he doesn’t like living with expats. “At home I’m special,” he explained. “But here, no one cares that I used to live in Curacao,” naming the Caribbean island he lived on for five months before moving to Guatemala. It’s true. I live in a house with mostly other … Continue reading
My Spanish Teacher
When I showed up to Spanish school this past Monday, I was informed by the school’s secretary that: 1. My Spanish teacher had “amoebas” 2. He wouldn’t be coming back to school any time soon Well. I’m not entirely sure what amoebas are, but if they’re anything like the food poisoning I had a few … Continue reading
