Made it!

I am in Guatemala!

I flew into Guatemala City on the third and was picked up by Ezra. Fortunately, his English is better than my Spanish, so we were able to converse. There is one stretch of road between Guatemala City and Antigua that is particularly twisty and Ezra said that many people claim to have seen the ghost of a woman who was run over there. Despite having driven this route many times, he's never seen her - and he assured me he doesn't want to. He did see a ghostly apparition on another road once, but it just turned out to be a white horse.

We made it to Antigua sans ghosts and I promptly went to bed.

The house I'm staying in is nice. I have my own room. The mattress is a bit ... tough. But, as I leaned from living on Plan C for a month - you'll sleep once you're tired enough.

Irma and Salvador are my hosts. They're an older couple and very friendly. They're also hosting Stefan who is Austrian.

Yesterday's Spanish class was rough. Turns out learning a new language is not easy. Fortunately, my maestra, Olga, is patient. She's also has no qualms about laughing at me - which I appreciate.

Today's lesson was not much easier, but I'm slowly learning. Hopefully at the end of three months I'll be able to carry on a semi-cogent conversation.

Check out these crazy little car things! They're called tuk-tuks! They're tiny little taxis. I was told by someone at the Spanish school not to ride them after dark ... No explanation was given as to why I shouldn't ride them after dark, which, I think, makes the warning a bit more ominous.

Antigua is very quaint and picturesque and there are a decent number of foreigners here - more than I've seen in any other Central American city except for Cancun and maybe Granada, Nicaragua.

Also, I think I was almost hit by a motorcycle yesterday ... The only way that would've been more ironic is if it had been in England (or Inglaterra as we say in Guatemala).

This is just a start to the blog - I know it looks a bit rough, but I'm working on it! Also, I'm not crazy about the name, so if you have any suggestions, let me know!