#guatsup

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hey, #guatsup?! If you’re planning on visiting #Guatemala then do take a look at our guide on Where to Eat in #Antigua. Here we share our favourite restaurants for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner … and Nutella crepe pick-me-ups such as @lunademielantigua pictured here. (Just watch out for the buses!) https://globetotting.com/guatemala-with-kids-where-to-eat-in-antigua/ (at Luna De Miel, La Antigua)

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[jessicaaaaanicolee]

In honor of our final debriefing tonight. Cheers to some of the greatest girls I have ever met. Absolutely obsessed with each and every one of you. Love you all to pieces. #guatsup #guatemala #studyabroad #nursing @katsecretarea @srolexson @joanndinardo @mbgroneman @erinboyl @christina_licata @monicasilvaaa @laurawaychill

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PANAJACHEL 

day 6 

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SAN ANDRÉS - DAY 5

In the morning we went back to the halfway house to do service. After the service we went back to the lodge to have a nice lunch before we headed out once again. This time we took a tour of San Andrés, which was surprisingly only 15 minutes away. For this tour we actually had a tour guide that took us around the town. We started out at this bright yellow church in the picture below (the last one) and hiked out way up to get the view that we had in the other picture below (the first one). While we hiked up it started to pour, which was typical for Guatemala considering it was their rainy season. On the hike, we stopped by a local woman who had made tops for festivals. We were able to see how she hand stitched every piece of the top and would charge an equivalent to $100 for it because it was a festival top that would take her about 3 months to make. The local woman was kind enough to let us step inside her home as it rained. This was a little bit of a shock to the whole group because her home consisted one a single room that was probably 1/3 of the size my room is. The room was very basic and consisted of dirt floor, a bed, and a dresser. 

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SAN ANDRES

day 5

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SAN CRISTOBAL - DAY 3

This was our first night in Xela. We stayed in a lodge and were assigned roommates. Most of the rooms were a three or four person room, except for one which was a six person room. Of course, I was assigned to the six person room, and being the introvert that I am, I was not excited at all. On top of that, I was a little disappointed that Amy and I were not in the same room because all of my room mates were the people who I had met in the morning of day two, meaning I didn't know them at all. After about two days, I realized how much I had in common with all five of the girls I shared my room with, and how lucky I was to have them as roommates. The way that GLA assigned our rooms was by our Nahuals and which ones were supposed to get along the best, and let me tell you, they were right about ours. The first night in Xela was a very cold one, because surprise! we were in the highlands of Guatemala, which they completely failed to tell us on the website and in the information packets. (probably my only complaint about GLA) So being the teenagers that we are, almost all of us brought majority shorts and tshirts, oh and I forgot to mention that in Guatemala May-November is their rainy season which means that it rains every day for about 2-3 hours in the afternoon. Luckily, they made sure that we knew this as they instructed us to bring a raincoat. 

Day three was the first day that we actually did service (see "service" post). This day set the schedule for what the remainder of most of the days would be like. We woke up at about 6:30 every morning in order get to breakfast by 7:00 and leave at about quarter-till so we made it to the halfway house by 8:00. At around 12:00 we would leave the halfway house to get back to the lodge by 12:30, eat lunch, and leave again at about 1:30/2:00 to go on an excursion. 

That day we traveled to San Cristobal were we took a tour and met a potter. He was very talented and even allowed us to give it ago on his traditional wheel, which it very different from ours at school. After watching him create some of the most amazing pieces I have ever seen, were were able to purchase some of his pieces, which were absolutely amazing and very well priced. Of course I bought some of his pieces. 

Later that evening we arrived back at the lodge, ate dinner, and heard a man named Alfrero Totonicapán speak to us about Guatemala's civil war which ended quite recently (only 16 years ago)

[stefandstuff]

I left my heart in the mountains.