- Everyday we saw a creepy black grandpa dog walking by every time we came home
- It gets super dark right away, like 6pm
- It's winter for them
- We call our host mom, mama tikka
- Saw playa hermosa, where billabong does contests and stuff
- Never saw the moon because of the clouds
- Every night at some point, all the dogs in the neighbourhood bark
- Met someone at a tour that is from Boston without an accent.. He said his parents took a class to not have the accent while raising him (we call him mad Matt because he did not want to be at that tour)
- There's tolls here
- Stores: AM PM and Mas o Menos
- Went out Friday night and got back at 3am and had to wake up at 5am
- Friday night we saw two Maximo Nivel staff with their shirts on at the bar grinding on women and then we joined them
- Went to Manuel Antonio on Saturday all day for the rainforest and beach
- I spotted a sloth and we saw monkeys and heard howler monkeys, and crocodiles
- Monkeys on the beach steal food and belongings if you don't watch out, they're sneaky
- I swam in the Pacific Ocean, and deep too. I love the ocean!!
So now, since Sunday, we have been in Guatemala. Sunday was hell. Michaela and I were so grumpy we didn't talk to each other for the 6 hour layover in Mexico City. Flight was at 5am-ish and then didn't get to our casa (house) until 7pm-ish. The house is set up like a dorm. It's like a hostel for the volunteers. Very safe and nice. Money, Q's, are cheap here. I payed for a week full of snacks and extra for 50Q which is only like 7$. Micheala and I got in the daycare. 8am to noon. It is perfect. I'm in the room full of babies, so I'm pretty much in heaven. Today was our first day and I already got attached to them. Giovanna, Monono, July (Julie), Linsee, Bryan, Isa, and Valentina. So there is a talent show on Thursday and each of the three rooms (divided by age) get to do two activities. Today our babies were trying on Minnie Mouse outfits and now I get to have one made for me so I can be in the show! This daycare is better than the orphanage because the teachers actually like us and the kids are well behaved. Guatemala is just over all better. It's not a city and its close nit, cheap, daycare is perfect, etc. The only tho fb missing is Flor, our mamma tikka.
Other things:
- I almost passed out, fainted the other day from lack of food
- Fireworks constantly go off here for any kind of celebration
- Women are dressed in traditional clothing and carrying baskets on their heads, with perfect balance
- Mexico City airport is apparently the largest airport in Latin America but it's hella small
- Starbucks here have churro flavoured fraps
- We went to Iximche Ruins today which was super lame, I was expecting something like Pompeii but our driver stopped on the highway at a stand to have maiz con limon y sal (grilled corn with lime and salt) and atole (a hot corn drink) and it was super good
- Tomorrow after work we go to a coffee plantation to grind our own coffee, ride horses, go berry picking, and zip line.
- Thursday we hike a volcano and roast marshmallows on top (4 hour hike)
- 34 volcanoes here
- One volcano is active and rumbles (can feel it) when it erupts, you can see lava at night if it's clear enough and today I saw smoke coming out of it
- Peanuts galore here, I like the limon y sal (lime and salt)
- There's an artisan local market we plan on exploring on Friday and Saturday
- We are hiking before breakfast on Friday to this cross over looking Antigua
- We take chicken buses to and from work, more like a crowded party bus because it has 6 people seated across and people standing in the middle which the aisle is less than a foot wide. And music is playing, people coming in and out from the front and back. Also, it's painted and decorated really fun.
- Tuc Tucs are little baby cabs or taxis
- I finished my book, Me Before You so I'm excited to go see it when I come back
So I have sad news. I have been thinking about it a lot and I decided to come home early. On the 27th when my week volunteering in Merida Mexico is done. I lost my debit card so when I travel by myself in Oaxaca and Mexico City, I'll only have what's on me. So if I got robbed, I'm stranded. Also I would prefer to go with a friend or two for pictures and safety. Me and Michaela get enough cat calls and unwanted attention enough a s it is her in Guatemala. The Machismo culture is scary. Apparently a girl here in Antigua got grabbed and kissed by a random man. So I'm just going to trust my gut feeling and go home, I'll come back because I was looking forward to the artsy village of Oaxaca and Frida Kahlo's house in Mexico City.
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