Well, yesterday was the last day of my week-long Spanish course in San Pedro la Laguna. I´ve enjoyed this bustling little city where Tzu´tihil Maya language, dress, and food mingles with Guatemalan lifestyles and adapts to the influences of tourism. The one-on-one Spanish lessons four hours a day and a homestay with a local family has helped my Spanish probably as much as a one semester class with 20 students if not more.
I got the cance to climb Volcan San Pedro today as my last day in San Pedro. Having not hiked in a while the unceasingly steep slope proved a strenuous climb, and the guide was cruising. My legs now feel like jelly and feet are covered in blisters, but the view was pretty spectacular, encompassing the lake, surrounding mountains right to the tops of clouds. The pictures do no justice.
Tomorrow morning I´m traveling back through Guatemala City and staying in a little transit town of Chiquimul for the night before heading towards Copan Ruinas, Honduras on Saturday. Then begins the next project of this journey, two weeks of field work and data collectiuon for the Ecological Sugar Project 2008! The time´s flown by.
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