I’ve moved apartments and relocated to a new city, but that hasn’t stopped the bugs from tracking me down. Somehow they’ve all gotten wind of my change of address and have been showing up in droves in the last few days. You may remember the last surprise visitor that crawled into bed with me. Well,… Read More Yet Another Surprise Visitor
I’ve been studying Spanish in Guatemala for the last few weeks now and in the process I’ve come up with a few observations that might benefit anyone interested in coming here to study: 1. Spanish lessons cost anywhere between US two and six dollars per hour for one-on-one private tutoring 2. It’s impossible to find… Read More Spanish Schools in Guatemala
Photo by Helminadia Ranford I never thought of my ability to live abroad as a skill, but according to Elizabeth Gilbert, it’s something that some people are better suited for than others. The following is an exert from Elizabeth Gilbert’s book Committed. Committed is the follow-up book to her memoir Eat Pray Love (which has been described… Read More Which do You Prefer: Traveling or Living Abroad?
If you’re sitting in some cafe in Haight-Ashbury and wondering to yourself where all the hippies have gone (like the REAL hippies, not the third-generation-urban-outfit-wearing posers), well, I have an answer for that: Guatemala. While Guatemala doesn’t even register on most people’s radars (“like, is that a city in Mexico?” – is the usual question… Read More The Hippies in Guatemala
Here’s a recap of everything that’s happened since I started neglecting this blog (Um, yeah…Sorry ’bout that): My mom came to visit, I went zip-lining, took up salsa dancing, toured a coffee plantation, visited a hippie village, came down with a bad, bad case of food poisoning and then moved three hours away to a… Read More A Brief Update
I’m beginning to realize now that when a Guatemalan says that we’re going for a walk and that the walk will be easy and only last an hour, what he really means is that we’re going on a two-hour-long vertical climb up the side of the mountain. And that the climb will be anything but… Read More The Height of Entertainment in Guatemala
What was once an ‘adventure’ is now just hard work; a ginormous pain in the butt. A couple of weekends ago I went to Chichicastenango (try saying that five times fast) to see the largest market in Latin America. Besides hundreds of rainbow-colored blankets and handbags, the list of items vendors tried to sell me… Read More Thoughts on Being a Jaded Traveler
Photo source In my pocket-sized Spanish phrase-book, there’s a list of important phrases that you might need should you find yourself in an emergency in Latin America. Useful phrases like “Se me extraviaron los checks de viajero ” (“I’ve lost my traveler’s checks.” – Who carries traveler’s checks anymore?) and “Me ahogo” (“I’m drowning”. – Um, wouldn’t… Read More Phrases You Won’t Find in Your Spanish Phrase Book
Yesterday I was taking a nap when I heard a noise and then felt something fall on my forehead. Thinking that we were having an earthquake and that part of the ceiling was crumbling on top of me, I sat up and swatted at my forehead. And when I turned around, this ‘little’ guy was… Read More A Surprise Visitor
I could show you pictures of the crumbling Spanish colonial churches or the view of the volcano from the famous Arch of Santa Catalina, but that would be like visiting Paris and showing you a picture of the Eiffel tower. Lame. So here are some photos of the McDonald’s instead. Even as touristy as this… Read More Fast-Food Chains in Antigua, Guatemala
