Hello everyone,
We have had a very eventful last few days here in beautiful Guatemala. On saturday we took a 2 hour hike into the hills, mountains, jungles, and every other imaginable terrian and arrived at a cave. On the hike to the cave we were attacked by a chacha bird and it felt like it was a scene straight out of Jurassic Park and the chacha was a Velociraptor. We survived the attack and kept treking and made it to the cave. The cave was massive and wet and cold and awesome. It took over an hour to reach it to the end of the cave and we were guided by candlelight. At the end of the cave everyone got up the courage to jump from a high ledge and into the water. After a long 2 hour hike back we enjoyed dinner and slept soundly.
We now have all moved into our first homestay houses in Barrio Ixobel and are working on understanding our families converstaions and learning about their culture. Barrio Ixobel is a small tightknight community that is hardly seen in the states anymore. It is really cool to see the whole community work together and know everyone around them as if they were the cast of Cheers. Later today we will be treated to some sort of beauty paegant that seems to involve some music by Lady Gaga. We are all having a great time and looking forward to whatever comes next.
Hope all is well with everyone back home in the states,
Griffin
