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Fri, 12 Oct 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1111]
A huge GRACIAS to our family, Marta Julia, Naya and Alejandra. Our Spanish conversational skills and confidence have improved significantly, in large part due to the persistence of our family to get us talking at meal time, their patience as we took ... Read more >
Tags: Family
Wed, 10 Oct 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [3262]
Tucked away in a small pueblo outside Antigua, we had the opportunity to participate in a local wedding ceremony. In the hill tribes, local Mayan custom runs deep and they are proud of their heritage and traditions. Here the women and men wear their ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Tue, 9 Oct 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [2505]
Men in Guatemala definitely wear the pants in the family in this country. However, the younger generations are driving change for more balanced, shared family roles, despite centuries steeped in tradition. In my all-Spanish dialogues with my teacher ... Read more >
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Mon, 8 Oct 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1151]
Naya, our fabulous cook, is also a comedian. Half of what she says I can't fully understand, because I don't have an expansive set of vocabulary words committed to memory. She has, however, taken a special liking to Darrin, probably because he's spent ... Read more >
Tags: People
Sun, 7 Oct 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [4427]
"Poke your walking sticks firmly into the hardened lava, and step carefully," says our guide, in Spanish, as he guides us across the hot, crisp, hardened lava fields. Black shards crackle under the weight of our feet. There's somebody's ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
Sun, 7 Oct 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [2413]
We are non-practicing Catholics - CEO's (Christmas and Easter Only), the types my Mom would rip on (well, I must admit the entire family would join in with Mom) at church during the holidays when all the good parking spots and front row pews were taken ... Read more >
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Thu, 4 Oct 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1918]
Not sure if the water for coffee wasn't boiled long enough, or if I'm relapsing from the sickness I had in Xela from the bad meal, but whatever it was hit me like a train. Up all night and in bed all day. Marta found me a local doctor and I muster up ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
Wed, 3 Oct 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [2076]
Guatemala is not a real safe place. It's evident from the number of armed men everywhere. Some look professional, others seem like your every day parking lot rent-a-cop, and some look like kids; all with big guns. There are armed guards in front of ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Tue, 2 Oct 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [2974]
I'm twelve feet off the ground, straddling a shaky wood fence, wedged in between some local girls who lured me up to this prime viewing spot to watch the bulls with them. The bulls, about to be converted into plato típico this evening, stand dumb-foundedly ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
Mon, 1 Oct 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1248]
After an amazing breakfast of big fluffy pancakes, fresh tropical fruit, fresh squeezed orange juice and coffee, Naya takes me by the hand to walk me to school. I already feel like I'm part of their family. The school director and owner, Juan Carlos, ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Sun, 30 Sep 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [5002]
After bussing it back to Antigua today, we are finally "home sweet home." We were able to get our homestay of choice, Marta Julia, who was recommended to us by our friend Karen who we met in Vietnam. We have our own private room with bathroom ... Read more >
Tags: Family
Sat, 29 Sep 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1462]
Our last night in our family's home, it was transformed into a tattoo parlor. William, a friend of the family, is here with his family, traveling the "feria (fair) circuit" practicing his art and trade on active clients. Last night he showcased ... Read more >
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Sat, 29 Sep 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [2770]
We took a half day adventure to a little highland town called San Miguel Totonicapán for their big annual festival, Feria Titular de San Miguel Arcángel. Most little towns in Guatemala have a special saint that's revered by the town, and we're lucky ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Fri, 28 Sep 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1503]
La Virgen stands tall, above the crowds, and she sways as she rounds the corner. Darrin and I wonder if she'll make it the entire way around Parque Central, without being pitched from her wooden platform. Rest assured, she's in the good hands of about ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Thu, 27 Sep 2007 | By laurelmarshall | Views [1843]
George W. Bush is known down here as "Diablo Bush" or The Devil. If his antics in the middle east haven't pissed off most people we meet along the way, an even bigger point of contention here in Guatemala, with all spectrum of people from the ... Read more >
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