on the road again..guatemala

Ya, I just arrived in Xela Guetamala about an hour ago....

Now, going back to Jan 5 at Casa Hogar there was a massive 3 kings day party...
It started when 100 people took over the Mcdonalds for a party and lunch in the playroom..
Then they rented all kinds of flotable circus toys for the kids to bounce on and have a good time..It was awesome!!!!!
Simply Smiles donated a DVD player with 6 ft projection screen and they installed it in the kitchen where everyone watched Scooby Doo and ate traditional bread....
I stayed around a few more days with and also finished painting the room that I tried to drywall... Doesnt look bad for a beginner though!!
The following night I took the overnight bus to San Cristobal Chiapas where I got reunited with my favorite colonial Mexican city. I took a horse back ride to a local village and almost lost my leg and my horse to do a nasty full speed spill when my horse slipped coming around a corner too fast. I was pretty cut up and my horse was really banged up with blood and cuts.. I had to continue to ride him slowly through the pine forested mtn. trail and was scared he was going to fall again because of his constant limp and barely catching himself before falling. Im still feeling it and am pretty stiff in back and knees.
The next morning I started my adventure to Guatemala solo, leaving chiapas at 6 am after a long night of no sleep because I was worried I would miss my bus....I got on the bus and there was only 2 australians going to the border and one of the girls was going to the same city as me, so we felt a little safer traveling together and it made the boring and rough chicken bus rides a little better...
We arrived to out city, Xela around 4 pm and I got lost looking for a Hotel, and accidentely ran into a spanish school,,, the Aussie girl had previous reservations there and I asked and they said they school was full , so I left, then a worker came and said we can fit you and and she called a local family and I am now living with this family and eating with them too.. Its was awesome how it all worked out because I had no plans or anything and it worked out better than I could ever have imagined...
On the bus ride we were ripped off the money collector, then we got into an accident and sideswiped another van and we got all dented up and there was a long argument about who was at fault.... So I m real thankful I arrived happily in one piece.
Im tired, very stiff from horse accident and have classes tomorrow so I better get going.