Well, this oficially makes 2 days in a row with me posting, something of a miracle, considering the last post prior to yesterday was 11 months before…

I stopped by ‘the porch’ today (aka Solomon’s porch, or Porch de Salomon) and ran into my old friend Dave Burns. I knew he was here, but it’s really interesting bumping into someone you know from back home when thousands of miles away from home.

I got the grand tour, and started meeting the staff over there. It’s good to start getting plugged in with the people I’ve been working with in a small way for over a year.

Yeah, it was well over a year ago now that I started helping with Solomon’s porch’s web related needs. Wow. hard to believe!

Some fun today:

I’m still working on getting my apartment set up, and have been trying to figure out the hot water situation, apparently my apartment does not come with hot water, just running water! I’ll learn to deal with it I suppose, but in my soft gringo way, I kinda whined a little bit this morning about it. it was quickly put into perspective for me though when I realized that most everyone around the area cooks and heats water over wood fires. at least I have a propane cook top!

Today I also discovered the 3Q world, where everything costs 3 Quetzals. some good deals can be had there, but not as many as you might think…

After 4 days in country, my spanish is improving to the point that I’m beginning to be able to get around, but I see some areas I need to work on right away, specifically numbers. I get some of the numbers right, but generally I just kind of shake my head until someone types it on a calculator, or writes it down… not always the best way to bargain!

Tomorrow I’m off to the porch for a while, and then to the market to try and find a towel for a decent price. the only towel I’ve seen in town thus far, cost as much as a Guatemalan minimum wage worker would make in a 10 hour shift.