No, I haven't disappeared off the face of the earth
Greetings to all! I realize that I have more than neglected my blog over the last few weeks. First, I want to say thank-you to all my readers out there for your patience with this lapse and your continued subscription to this site. If it's any consolation I have a good reason for my ngelect of the the blog... I've been fully immersed in the experience of living in and enjoying Guatemala.
In the middle of April my parents came down for two weeks and we traveled together. We spent a week in Antigua for Semana Santa (see photos below), hiked an active volcano with lava flow, visited with all the amazing people who I've come to know in Xela, went to my favorite hotsprings on the side of a volcano and relaxed by Lake Atitlan. (Hopefully I will be able to get some more photos from these adventures up soon... there's some good ones). Then I lived with a teacher from my spanish school for the remaining four days I spent in Xela. That was an experience simply in that her family was so different from the host family I had lived with for over three months. It actually was really interesting to contemplate their lifestyles. Both families we're so nice...so nice...and so Guatemalan... but approached the world really differently. After a whirlwind of goodbyes and getting everything finished up with my volunteer work, Felicitas and I took off to see a bit of Guatemala. Felicitas has been living in Xela and working at an orphanage since October and we both decided that we ought to see some other parts of Guatemala after spending so much time one city. It has been amazing to travel with Felicitas. We get along so well and fill the endless bus rides with so much interesting conversation that neither of us seem to notice the hours. We spent a night in Guatemala City hanging out with my really good friend, Guillermo, and then headed for Semuc Champey via Coban. Semuc Chapey is perhaps one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen. It’s a terrace of blue-green waterfalls and pools perfect for swimming in. At the start of the terraces the majority of the rivers rushing water dives underground and remerges some hundred meters down river. In the Semuc Champey area there is also an incredible cave system. We took a morning tour where we were literally swimming through caves, climbing up waterfalls, jumping off cave walls into dark pools, admiring stalactites…all the while carrying a candle in one hand. What an experience!
Today we're off to the Guat City and then tomorrow...early, early, early.... I head to Honduras to meet up with Erik and the rest of the class from APU. It's so strange to think that it's now may and I only have a few weeks left. Though I'm looking foward to the adventures ahead and will forever be grateful for the adventures behind.
In the middle of April my parents came down for two weeks and we traveled together. We spent a week in Antigua for Semana Santa (see photos below), hiked an active volcano with lava flow, visited with all the amazing people who I've come to know in Xela, went to my favorite hotsprings on the side of a volcano and relaxed by Lake Atitlan. (Hopefully I will be able to get some more photos from these adventures up soon... there's some good ones). Then I lived with a teacher from my spanish school for the remaining four days I spent in Xela. That was an experience simply in that her family was so different from the host family I had lived with for over three months. It actually was really interesting to contemplate their lifestyles. Both families we're so nice...so nice...and so Guatemalan... but approached the world really differently. After a whirlwind of goodbyes and getting everything finished up with my volunteer work, Felicitas and I took off to see a bit of Guatemala. Felicitas has been living in Xela and working at an orphanage since October and we both decided that we ought to see some other parts of Guatemala after spending so much time one city. It has been amazing to travel with Felicitas. We get along so well and fill the endless bus rides with so much interesting conversation that neither of us seem to notice the hours. We spent a night in Guatemala City hanging out with my really good friend, Guillermo, and then headed for Semuc Champey via Coban. Semuc Chapey is perhaps one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen. It’s a terrace of blue-green waterfalls and pools perfect for swimming in. At the start of the terraces the majority of the rivers rushing water dives underground and remerges some hundred meters down river. In the Semuc Champey area there is also an incredible cave system. We took a morning tour where we were literally swimming through caves, climbing up waterfalls, jumping off cave walls into dark pools, admiring stalactites…all the while carrying a candle in one hand. What an experience!
Today we're off to the Guat City and then tomorrow...early, early, early.... I head to Honduras to meet up with Erik and the rest of the class from APU. It's so strange to think that it's now may and I only have a few weeks left. Though I'm looking foward to the adventures ahead and will forever be grateful for the adventures behind.
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