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Wander Woman "So, I just packed my baggage and said goodbye to family and friends. And took a road to nowhere, on my own" -Lady Gaga, Gypsy

Trip: Guatemala

There are [8] stories from my trip: Guatemala


Saying goodbye to the children :(

GUATEMALA | Thursday, 3 Apr 2014 | Views [364]

I feel like today is worth it's own short blog post. Today was my last day with the children at school because tomorrow there is a parents meeting and the kids will not be there. I bought a pinata and stuffed it with candy, crayons, pencils, pencil sharpeners, ... Read more >


The final weekend...Semuc Champey!

GUATEMALA | Thursday, 3 Apr 2014 | Views [442]

Even though I was sad about it being my last weekend in Guatemala and the affordable trips to beautiful places were coming to an end, I was very excited to be finally heading to the one place that I had been waiting to go to since I arrived 6 weeks ago.... Read more >


Scary movies always begin happily....Lake Atitlan

GUATEMALA | Wednesday, 26 Mar 2014 | Views [473]

What to say about this weekend except...holy crap. The week started with some St. Patty's day fun and good news about acceptance into my Graduate program! :) Then it came to a close with some celebratory dancing on the bar at La Sala and a departure ... Read more >


Monterrico weekend! Oh..and I taught a whole class in Spanish?!

GUATEMALA | Monday, 17 Mar 2014 | Views [438]

So this week and weekend was another classic week in Guatemala. Most of the week was the typical Antigua life. I have 2 tandem language partners now. One Guatemalan girl at 9am and a Venezuelan girl at 10am. It's really great because we meet up for an ... Read more >


Quiet weekend in Antigua

GUATEMALA | Sunday, 9 Mar 2014 | Views [340]

So this week was fairly uneventful but some notable things happened for sure...My week at placement was pretty great. On Tuesday there was a "fiesta de Carnival" (kind of like Fat Tuesday) at school and the children all dressed up in costumes and brought ... Read more >


Weekend Adventure in El Salvador

EL SALVADOR | Monday, 3 Mar 2014 | Views [280]

So this weekend a bunch of my house mates were planning a trip across the border to El Salvador and obviously I wanted in! The original plan was to head straight to the beach, but one friend wanted to venture in a different direction to a national park ... Read more >


First Impressions

GUATEMALA | Tuesday, 25 Feb 2014 | Views [412]

This country is beautiful!! The weather has been amazing so far and the landscape of Antigua is breathtaking! When I first arrived, I was taken here to Maximo Nivel to check in, and then brought to my "homestay"...I was under the impression that I would ... Read more >


Still hasn't hit me....

USA | Saturday, 22 Feb 2014 | Views [278]

So I'm leaving for Guatemala tomorrow morning and I still can't accept it! haha first of all, packing has been a hot mess and I still have to finish that. It's also my wonderful mothers birthday today so at least I can relax and spend some time with ... Read more >