Regrese a Xela

Happy Holidays! I know I haven´t written in a while, so I´ll try to give a succint update of everything.

After the farm I traveled in Mexico and Guatemala for a few weeks. The other WWOOFers and I went to the beach at Zihuatenejo for a few days and then Karen and I took a bus to Mexico City (which I still love). There was an ice skating rink and big winter fair set up in the city square and it was bueatiful. From Mexico City we went to Palenque, a city of Mayan ruins in Chiapas, about 8 hours away from Flores, Guatemala. To cross the border from Mexico to Guatemala, we had to take a 30 minute boat ride in these long and narrow boats. THey were prety cool. We spent a day at Tikkal and then a day at Rio Dulce (halfway between Tikkal and Guatemala City) where we went to a hot water fall. After Rio Dulce, we went to Antigua where we climbed Pacaya, an active volcano and roasted marshmellows on lava flows. It was really cool. For Christmas, I met my family in florida where we rented a house for a week. One day, Beth, Alex and I drove the 2 hours to the everglades and took an airboat ride to see aligators in the swamp. I learned that, like me, alligators also like marmellows.

I arrived in Xela yesterday and right now am trying to sort out my life-meaning finding a job, maybe taking some more classes, and deciding if I want to live with my host family or find an apartment. My biggest plans, besides job searching, is hopefully going salsa dancing tonight. Once I figure out more of my life, I´ll let you all know.