parque central

Here are a few snaps of the Central Park in the Historic District, 1, in Guatemala City on a typically blue skied day.

breakdance

HELLO 2009

Hey, All of the interns are back in Guatemala City beginning work after the holiday vacation. We all did different things for the holidays. Christina went to Vancouver. Tasa went to Minnesota, and Alana went to El Salvador and Belize. It was refreshing for me to reconnect with loved ones and I feel refreshed to start my internship, speak Spanish, and get to work on the last leg of our journey here. In five short weeks we will be done our internship in Guatemala. Everyone at the CONAVIGUA and MOJOMAYAS office is still trickling in from the holidays and the city is a lot more empty and tranquil. We live near a busy street where there it is constantly cars honking and the smell of pollution; however, it’s nice to be back in the city. It’s a hot 25 degrees Celsius out which is very different from the cold negative 2 snowy weather of Vancouver. It will certainly be good to be back on the Westcoast when all the flowers are starting to bloom on the cherry trees.

view from the window in my apt.

This week I went to the office to say hello to the Mojomayas who are starting to come back into the city. We saw Efrain and Letty on the first day and Alfonso and Juana on the second day. Juana came back for CONAVIGUA’s Junta Directiva meeting, which began today and ends tomorrow. On Friday the MOJOMAYAS have their team meeting where we will be discussing the events and issues of the month. We want to discuss our work plan including: giving the Mojomayas a workshop about Aboriginal History and Relationships with the Canadian Government, a community visit with one of the Mojomayas, and an English lesson. We have five weeks left in our internship and we want to make the last five count! We also plan to do some good traveling on the weekends before we leave because we have only traveled to Monterrico, Puerto Barrios, and Antigua on our own. It’ll be good to see the beautiful landscape that Guatemala has to offer. I want to go to: Semuc Champey, Tikal, Lago de Atitlan, Lago de Izabal, Rabinal, Rio Dulce, and Coban. Probably won’t be able to see all those places but a girl can dream… and try!