Matt and I have extended our stay in San Marcos, as we have enjoyed
it here immensely. The Spanish lessons we took were fantastic and we
now have a basic ability to communicate with locals, which is great. By
staying 2 weeks here, we have really gotten to know the city and its
people and we´re going to have a hard time leaving!
However, we are definitely starting to miss home!
Although Guatemala is supposed to produce some of the World´s best
coffee, they don´t seem to have any of it in San Marcos!! (the theory
being that they export all the best coffee beans, and the locals get the
rest). Also, we feel as if we discover a new terrifying species of bug
in our room (on our pillows.. in the shower..) almost every day.. which
we definitely won´t miss!
But overall we have absolutely
loved it here. The weather can´t be beat, and the views everywhere are
spectacular, there is great hiking and kayaking and fantastic food.
We´ve found the people in Guatemala to be absolutely lovely and
incredibly kind. They move at their own pace here and nobody is in a
rush to do anything (we waited about 2 hours for our dinner last night..
which is a surprisingly normal occurrence!! and a great lesson in
patience)
So, we will be heading to Antigua this weekend,
and then back to Guatemala City on Monday for a very brief stay before
hopping on the plane for Tuesday morning. Looking forward to seeing everyone!!
