Well i have been in site for a week now and i have to say things are definitely looking up. I am still currently living in the hotel, but Maggie and I have made a lot of effort to get to know the people in our town and will continue to do so this coming week! Although i am still currently in the search for housing, i am keeping in good spirits that something will turn up!
Maggie and I have also spent a lot of the week exploring the area around us! and it varies greatly city to city! we live in what is called a "Tropical desert" it is common here for there to be no water for half the year and the other half of the year it feels like a rainforest. very interesting to see palm trees and tropical fruit right next to a cactus the size of a house! haha
the next town over is Salama, the capital of this department (baja verapaz) and it is like most cabiceras, very busy with the bussle of people coming to and going. this is the hub for us for food that you can't find in a mercado, and for things that we will need for our housing situation (when we find it!) its is equally hot, but with more people and definitely is not as tranquilo as San Miguel.
a little further east you start to climb the mountains again and are in a cloud, rain forest. it is about 30 degrees cooler and has beautiful green scenery!
Maggie and I are discovering that communication here can be very funny at times. We wanted to buy a huge jug of SalvaVidas water, only to be confused by the fact that if we buy a new one it will be 3 times more expensive than if we return a used one for a new. in order for us to explain that we do have one (a old used bottle), we just need to return to maggie's host family and get it was only met by blank stares and us cracking up!
The teachers are planning on going on strike for the next couple of weeks, which means that we won't be able to start work, which will definitely make things interesting! but next weekend i have to return to the office for some medical supplies, so that will most definitely get us through this week!
well i can't wait to tell you more about our adventures! until next time!
Kata
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