If you think North American kids eat a lot of sugar, think again.
Guatemala, at least around downtown Xela where most people have a relatively decent amount of money, is sugar-coated.
Literally.
Go to the cereal aisle at the Despensa Familiar and you’ll see it’s a seven-year-old’s dream. That’s right: none of that “ew, healthy” [...]
Today: breakfast buffet at Sarita, the enormous barbeque at our house.
No wonder most foreigners here gain the “Guatemala 15.”
I don’t think I have it in my heart to blog every day. Or every other day. I think in order to love writing I have to just write when I am excited about something.
So: [...]
I was away at Lake Atitlan for a few days. Didn’t bring my laptop, and didn’t go on the internet. So sorry, so sorry.
Back in Xela, which feels more and more like home.
On extranjera I know in Guatemala was telling me that she’s been feeling negative about the country lately. It must be a [...]
I have been back in Quetzaltenango (Xela) for about two and a half weeks now, and already it feels like a lifetime.
Xela, or at least the downtown area around Central Park, feels kind of like a college town. Everyone knows everyone, and everyone knows everyone’s business. Really.
I was showing a new Trama volunteer [...]
It’s quite possible that my heart is still in West Africa.
Yes, life is good here in Guatemala. I love this country. I love speaking Spanish (far more than I will ever love French). I love the music here, the food, the culture. There’s lots to do and I have tons of friends in the [...]
Do I have writer’s block? It’s quite possible. In addition to not finding the motivation to finish my third and last round of revisions on my final Masters project (due in ten days) I haven’t felt like writing, neither on here or on other projects.
Have I become complacent and lazy? I keep telling myself [...]
I am a bad blogger. Apparently.
I have been back in Xela less that two weeks but so much has happened that it feels like much longer. Lots of chismes (gossip), my new job, new friends, new house. Quetzaltenango is on edge right now because of increases in crime but I can still feel why [...]
Check this out. I’m living in an apartment with roommates, working 9 to 5 and spending many evenings watching pirated TV shows. I guess this is everyday living, only somewhere different.
All summer I have been in “travel mode.” I may have been on a budget, but being in “travel mode” still means “vacation mode” which [...]
Don’t get me wrong.
I love it here. Guatemala is one of two countries I love the most (along with Burkina Faso) and I am very attached to the place. I was supposed to be in Guatemala for only two months this summer, now I’m staying for at least eight. Life is good here, people [...]
Still getting settled back into Xela. I was feeling kinda blue – most of the people I was close to in Xela left, but I just had an excellent evening at Buddha Bar Karaoke night, so I’m feeling optimistic about making new good friends. Thursdays at Buddha have got to be the most fun night [...]
