End of langauge school and time in Antigua

Tomorrow Jordon and I seperate from the group as they fly back to the States tomorrow morning. We will be busing to Honduras early Saturday morning. The time here in Guatemala has gone so fast and I am excited for the next leg of our journey. So many great memories and activities since my last blog but I will just focus on what comes to mind here.

We are staying at a retreat center in Antigua for the last couple nights in Guatemala with the group. It is nice to have a change of scenery, but Antigua is much more touristy than Xela. Things here are also more expensive, it didn't take long for me to get used to getting full meals at nice restaurants for the equivalent of a few dollars (which is much harder to come by here). It was sad to say goodbye to my host family and teacher in Xela, it is incredible I quickly i became accustomed to life there. Starting the trip with the group has been great, not only has it built on my spanish skills but having this first leg me fairly structured with activities and a good group dynamic has been invaluable.

These pictures are of the last days in Xela. The first one is of some political grafitti that means "Justice: not just for capitalist," I probably have half a dozen pictures of grafitti from Xela, for the most part it is political messages that for some reason I find very interesting.

the second picture was taken after we played soccer with a group of guys we 'challenged' to a game at a futbol field in Xela (we lost 5 to 7). It was by far the most fun soccer game I have played here and Jordon scored! The game pictured here is with a group of young guys we just encountered. Before that game we had played with an organization that helps children who are street vendors as a group. That was fun and it was incredible for me to be juked and beaten by very small children.

The final picture is of Jordon and I on top of La Muela, which is a hill near Xela. We had a free afternoon and trekked up there with Courtney. It was gorgeous and there was some pretty fun scrambling up rocks to reach the peak. In the background is Xela.