Hola from Quetzaltenango, Guatemala! I am here for 2 weeks taking a Spanish intensive with an organization called Poyecto Linguistico Quetzalteco de Espanol(PLQ), trying to imrove my (very basic) Spanish before I continue traveling further South. It´s an amazing place, full of lovely people, and I am really enjoying my stay so far. I´m living with a host family in a small house close to the school. Several people live in the house, but I see Mari (the grandmother) and her grandson Juatel (an autistic man who is the same age as me), the most. See the ¨How´s my Spanish¨ page for a quick look at them.
Here are some pics to give you a better sense of the city.
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| A street market north of where I am staying. |
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| A view from a typical street in Xela. |
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| I can't resist a dog taking a nap. |
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| A lil graffito...lots of cool stencils here. |
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| This is the only picture I've taken of the house I'm staying in. These are the stairs next to my room, often occupied by Pinky the cat. I didn't know it, but Pinky was pregnant and the other night she had three kittens that all died soon after. So sad. |
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| A bakery close to the school. It is named Brandon. So weird. I should have taken a close up of that sign out front. There´s a baby with a chef´s hat on. |
