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Hello everyone, here is my first blog...how exciting!
Well after a shaky couple of days at home and in London I finally arrived in Guatemala City and found everyone I was supposed to really easily! We drove straight from the airport to Antigua which is a gorgeous colonial town about 45 minutes away. I am staying with a family in the town until Friday when we head off to the beach and the reserve for some tree hugging (hooray!). There is another English girl (Amy, from Bognor!!) staying in the house with me and Jon (the other volunteer) so she has been looking after us and showing us around. This week I have been trying to learn Spanish...not very easy when you´ve been up for 24 hours the day before but hopefully some of it is going in. Been to a few museums and ruins (keep an eye out for the pictures, there are many!) and have eaten a lot of lovely Guatemalan food and drinking way too many mojitos. We found a bar that does free drinks for women which is obviously excellent for me and Amy but not so good for Jon! Also have managed to find a shop that sells havaianas and apricot scrub so all is well with the world. Just added up how much I´ve spent in the 4 days I´ve been here and its less than 30 pounds including a new phone (6 pounds) and all that food and drink! Maybe I´ll just be here a bit longer than I expected......
Or not, the craft markets here are amazing. There are a lot of traditional textiles, jewellery (beautiful jade and silver) and ceramics so I might just be spending all my money there! Me and Amy are going skirt shopping this week as they have beautiful ones with matching bags. I am in serious danger of spending everything I have in Antigua and having no money for food!!!!! So far I have been very restarined but I can feel my resistance slipping, it started today with a couple of bracelets (30p each) and a keyring with a quetzal on it (national bird of Guatemala for a pound). I´m going to have to be very strict with myself lol!
Right anyway I hope you have enjoyed my first blog, I´ll be back shortly with another thrilling installment. Hope all is well, send me gossip and news!
Lots of love, S xxxx
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