Tampico es Mas Rico

I'm in Xela finally! Guatemala is amazing. It's so much more beautiful than I could have expected. The drive from the border was great. The people seem really really friendly so far, and they speak more slowly and clearly here.. it rocks. I checked out the school yesterday when we first got to town and it looks bombtastic. There were lots of young people (!) and posters sweet left wing posters everywhere. I'm so excited to start. I'm leaving for the mountain school tomorrow morning, and I'll be up there for a week. It's on a coffee plantation, so I'm expecting an end to the instant coffee nightmare that my life has become.

At the mountain school, I'll be hangin' in a traditional Maya village where the main spoken language is Mam. Reciently the people living there have learned Spanish as a second language. It's going to be so confusing. And good.

Today I ate friend plantains and a mango. I haven't seen any pupusas yet, but I'm looking. I know they have them here. It's just a matter of time. Narajada is my new favorite thing. Tampico es mas rico. This place is sweet.