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Central America 2007 "sure we're ready for Guatemala, but is Guatemala ready for us?!"

day 3, decided to stop shaving my armpits...

GUATEMALA | Saturday, 27 October 2007 | Views [1366] | Comments [7]

Okay, so day two completed . It turns out that I have free internet access at our new hostel, so I´m gonna blog as much as possible for the next few days. Don´t know what kind of access we will have once we leave antigua on sunday. yesterday turned out ot be a great day overall. made a few great connections with other gringos living here. Found out about some volunteer projects going on around and in antugua, but due to the the fact that the cost of living is the highest in antigua (almost as high as columbus for food etc..) probably won´t volunteer here...we walked about a half mile with all of our gear today to change hostels and I have decided that I want to get rid of a lot of my stuff. I´m gonna give it a month or so though until I make that decision. Along the same lines I was showereing this morining and decied that Im gonna try to cut out as much as can stand in the way of hygeine etc. (hence the title of the blog...mostly a joke, but you never know)...

We did alot of exploring today . Saw these huge amazing ruins of an old monestary. Unfortunetly antigua had many really large earthquakes that lasted until mid seventies or something, so much of the original beauty of the buildings is gone...

Arrived at the "jungle party" hostel today. It´s this really cool looking hostel geared towards, you guessed it, middle class travelers in their twenties. Ive been here about twenty minutes, and have decided that they can be an obnoxious breed (realize the hypocrisy of this statement, but whatever). It´s the quiet season now so its more like "the day after the junge party", you know subdued with the toilets all plugged up from the previous evenings excursions...

missing some people right now :(, but i´m overall happy...

Tags: Philosophy of travel

Comments

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Sounds awesome! I know what you mean about having to cut out a lot of your personal "getting ready" routine. Its really freeing to just not care what you look like, and knowing you you still look gorgeous...armpit hair and all. Tell Kate I said hi and will write her soon!

Kari

  Kari Puchovich Oct 28, 2007 6:39 AM

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I know exactly what it's like having to make cut-backs in your way of life. Whether it's hygiene, or just your daily activities in general.

This one time...I got divorced and moved into a tiny room at the corner of my parent's house, where I survived on dry cereal and cans of tuna everyday.

BTW...I just happened to stumble across this blog doing my usual internet search for Hookers from the Columbus area. WTF?!?!? You're in Guantemala?
Fucking google.

  B-iLL Oct 28, 2007 9:30 AM

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I just noticed you put up some posts.I thought, for some reason, my email would inform me of new posts.

Anyway, I'm so happy you're getting around your new environ so well. I just woke up and can't form a proper sentence. I had a dream the other night that one could take BART from S.F. to Gautamala and it only took twenty minutes! I thought to myself in the dream, why haven't I been doing this all along and resolved to take all my lunch breaks there. I don't even get lunch breaks at my work so, I don't know why I made such plans, but here's to dreaming.

I was a little shocked to here that foos prices are the same as in Columbus. Is it just for all the gringo tourists? Is it warm? You mentioned mist and mist isn't usually warm. These are things I need to know.

I'm astonished you overpacked! I'm sorry, I had to have a small laugh at your expense. It's prob. because I'm getting ready to go to work right now and would like nothing more than a nice cup of hostel coffee and the company of good friends. Keep writing.

Love,
Me

  Stephaine Oct 29, 2007 3:13 AM

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quite enamored by the blog, and pleasantly surprised by the consistantly so far. i didn't you could form complete sentences, laura!

  terry Oct 30, 2007 12:56 AM

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'consistency'. not, 'consistantly'. ...should really lay off the pre-work gravity bong hits..
lo siento

  terry Oct 30, 2007 1:01 AM

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'consistency'. not, 'consistantly'. ...should really lay off the pre-work gravity bong hits..
lo siento

  terry Oct 30, 2007 1:19 AM

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i just posted a big ass comment... but it's sayin that it didn't post. i hit post again. still don't see it. i give up. tomorrow the both of them will probably show up. how annoying.
xoxo

  j.lu Nov 1, 2007 4:58 AM

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