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Monthly Archives January 2010

Pollo Campero

There are many Guatemalan chains. There’s Sarita, a cheap ice cream shop that can be found every couple blocks. In Quetzaltenango there’s Xelapan, a great place to fatten yourself with danishes, sausage rolls or cupcakes.
But no chain is as quintessentially Guatemalan as Pollo Campero.
Shhhhh. Don’t tell a Guatemalan this, but Pollo Campero is [...]

Posted 07 January 2010 † Caitlin § Food and Drink § Guatemala ‡ Comments (0) °

Reverse culture-shock

I never suffer from culture shock. Seriously. Well, maybe I’ve had an hour or two here and there when I get irritated at a certain aspect of my adopted country, but that’s about it.
I always suffer from reverse culture shock. Sometimes quite badly. When I came back from three months from Burkina Faso in [...]

Posted 06 January 2010 † Caitlin § Canada § Guatemala ‡ Comments (1) °

Going home for a while can have its perks.
Now that I’m back in Guatemala I am seeing the country with fresh eyes.
I was driving from Guatemala City to Xela yesterday, and I couldn’t help but thinking, over and over again: This is such a beautiful country. How did I ever take it for granted? [...]

Posted 04 January 2010 † Caitlin § Guatemala ‡ Comments (2) °

Winter versus elsewhere.

Canada, at least in winter, does not agree with me.
(Considering I had two colds, two flues and even a kidney infection that sent me to the hospital, I guess you could also argue that Guatemala doesn’t agree with me… but let’s just overlook that right now.)
Edmonton wasn’t even “that cold” while I was [...]

Posted 02 January 2010 † Caitlin § Canada § Travel ‡ Comments (3) °

Here’s to 2010

I sometimes complain to a friend that I am having a hard time writing.
“Just write,” she always shoots back. “Just write, even if you don’t feel like it.”
The problem is, I hardly ever do something if I don’t feel like it. I think it’s a character flaw.
I was prepared, more or less, [...]

Posted 01 January 2010 † Caitlin § Misc. ‡ Comments (0) °