Thursday, February 7, 2013

Platanos, not plantanos

7 febrero

¡Hola a todos!

The last day or so has been filled with a lot of learning about the Guatemalan Civil War. The movie we watched the other night was about a particular village called Las Cruces and described a similarly horrifying account to the This American Life episode, "What Happened at Dos Erres."  I recommend both.

We have been going to yoga daily and canceling it out with daily tamales, chocofrutas, and platanos (plantains).  Tomrorow, Mariah and I are going to the local clinic for an orientation to see what kind of work we can do there while we're here.  This weekend, we have a couple of relatively local hikes planned - one to a crater lake and the other to a volcano!

Here are some more pictures from my walk to school and from Celas Maya

My favorite stray perrito:

Our street:

Donña Pancha's

Mariah and her generous slice of banana cake.

Banana cake and coffee from cafe Guru (the school's cafe)

xoxo,
Rachel

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