Greetings from Quetzaltenango (aka Xela), which is the second largest city in Guatemala. It´s home base for the next month: I´m typing this from the Spanish school.
Getting here was a bit of an adventure, as the tourist company pulled a little bait n´ switch on me; the alleged transfer to another tourist shuttle in Guatemala City was actually a drop off at a bus terminal. The terminal of a first-class bus company, at least: perhaps more of a Cornish Game Hen bus than the traditional chicken option. I shared the ride with 25 Guatemalans, two baffled tourists who had clearly experienced the same tiny swindle, and a cage of live parakeets.
I´ve met my host family, who all seem quite sweet, and the other student who is rooming with them. English is forbidden in the house in order to assure Maximum Learning Experience ™; Sarah speaks insanely well for the amount of time she´s studied, so I have high hopes.
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