Life in Guatemala

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I cannot talk about life in Guatemala without first mentioning the roads.  These roads with mudslides, road wash outs and unpaved cow paths are a common expereince here, there are also large 4 lane super highways but they never seem to service the areas Tim and I are riding.  These roads also twist and trun with switch backs that would make any hiker cringe.  It is a blast riding along and as you can imagine we must travel at moderate speeds, often the switch backs up hill require one to gear down to first gear to make it up and around the turn.   Remember we also share the worst and best of roads with livestock, chicken buses, trucks tuk tukks and other detrious.

This week we went back to school to learn Spanish.  Our teachers were Francisco (Camilla) and Clemente (Tim).  They taught us for 4 hours a day and gave us about 2 hours of homework each night to liven up our envenings.  Needless to say we didn´t get in any trouble this week.  The lessons were intensive and I think we are better prepared for the rest of our journey in Central America.  This turtle was my special friend at school.  I found a rotten banana for his breakfast so we were FFL. I am glad the lessons are over, it was getting tough rising every morning to be at class by 8 am.  We are making plans to move on from San Marcos Del Lago in the next couple of days but first we need to enjoy the sun and swimming in the crystal clear Lago Atitlan.