Mi vida guatemalteca

Alright with the time passing, there have been many events going on so for those of you keeping up in real time, please enjoy part 2 of my 3 for 1 binge blogging. Once July was fully underway, I came back to Cobán. I was having some random health concerns that delayed my return but eventually it was time for me to carry on with some sense of normal. When I travelled to Cobán, I was carrying these ideas of how I can seek more out of my experience and give some more. I had been toying with this idea of finding a way to get closer to the environment here since the beginning. Early on, I considered starting some sort of program or activities for environmental education, but I think a part of this experience that is often overlooked by the goals of the ETA position, is that it takes a significant amount of time to begin to understand the context of the space and how you fit into it. Thus I think some of early my ideas were a bit premature and it took me until now to see how I can really sta...

Long time, no talk. It's been a busy few months but I'm committing to the recap now! So in these next three posts I hope to catch you all up to speed in my Guate life as best I can, thanks for your patience... June was a blur mixed with various workshops, traveling, and confronting this half way point in my ETA experience. But I certainly have many new highlights to share:D Amatitlan Recovery: Aguas termales to heal the body and amigos to heal the soul After a month well spent, busy with different workshops, activities and preparations, I headed to Guate for a Summit event of a new language program for public school teachers. Just before the chaos of the week, though I had some free time on the weekend for a little relaxation. Some friends of mine went to visit aguas termales. The only other time I had done this was in Xela after a volcano hike, but this experience was very different... They had various pools of different temperatures and we had to enter them for certain amount...