My last week in Xela went by fast, as last weeks do. Monday was spent walking all over over the place with two ladies from Pop Wuj looking for party supplies, we were planning the quarterly birthday party for the kids at the Guardería Daycare Center. We dipped in and out of makeshift booth after […]
Category: #Guatemala
Week 3 Update from Xela
My Spanish language learning school Pop Wuj (www.pop-wuj.org) was founded in 1992 by five people who wanted to create something different than the for-profit schools that began to proliferate at that time. At last count there were 43 Spanish language schools here in Xela, Guatemala, but Pop Wuj may be the only non-profit cooperative run […]
Guatemala – Rich, but mostly Poor
I just completed my second week here in Guatemala, and I would like to begin this entry by sharing a few stories about my experiences here in Xela. It is hard to know for certain what a place is like until you actually visit it, and in my own life there have been times that […]
Abrazadas
Con frecuencia las muchachas y las mujeres caminan de la mano o del brazo aqui, es como mostran amistad con ellas mismas. Habría mujeres haciendo esto por muchas síglas en este paíz. Quizás en pasado había otra razón por este comportamiento, por ejemplo en un lugar peligrosa una mujer preguntaría su amigo si pueda agarrar […]
Picups están en Todas Partes
Yo tenía cuarenta años cuando compré una picup por la primera vez. Desde entonces he comprado tres mas y en mi opinión tenerles siempre han sido utíl. Sin embargo cuando alguien tiene una picup, siempre hay cosas que puede hacer. Por lo tanto a veces es mas facile no tener una picup, contrato alguien para […]