Tagged With: Guatemala
How’d you like to wake up to THIS on your birthday?
As far as places I’ve lived with weirdo customs, Japan definitely takes first prize (remember the Penis Festival?). But you gotta give it to Guatemala for trying. When it’s your birthday here, people have this interesting annoying tradition that involves lighting fire crackers outside the birthday boy or girl’s bedroom door. At dawn. Or sometimes … Continue reading
That’s Guatemala For Ya
Today at work I was asked to substitute teach the Spanish class. One of the high school Spanish teachers had called out sick and being that I was the only teacher with a free period during that time, I’d been picked to fill-in. Which would have been perfectly fine if it weren’t for one teeny, … Continue reading
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
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
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
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