Teaching and Trekking

December 1 The plane ride to Guatemala went quickly and smoothly for me. I sat next to my friend Jianna and a man from Guatemala. He was extremely nice. He has been living in Miami for many years but still struggles with English a little bit. I started practicing my Spanish with him right away and he appreciated it. He asked all about our travel plans and even said we can let him know if we need anything during our travels, he would be happy to help and he boasted about how beautiful the country is. Just before landing we looked out the window and all we could see were enormous mountains and some valleys with small towns in them. I had never seen anything like it. When we got closer to land we saw that almost all of the buildings had rusted tin-like roofs. I instantly became excited just by the view out the window. When we arrived at the Guatemala City airport and all dozen of us, including our professor’s adorable 2 month old baby, Oliver, took a van to Xela. It was a 5 hour drive fro...