Little news to report, except that we are still in limbo and I have a meeting on Monday that will (ojala que) help move this project forward. Also, we had a delightful lunch at a little parilla that is not in either of the guidebooks. I think we should write a guide of our own [...]
Archive for May, 2008
29-5-2008
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Jennie, news on May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Chichi Market & Gumarcaaj
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged guatemala, photos on May 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
View of the market from the steps of Iglesia de Santo Tomas.
While I have no evidence that such a thing was taking place in this photo, I was amazed by the amount of poultry (both dead and alive) being traded throughout the market.
Ethan took this photo of the stone arch bridge at the west end [...]
pasando el tiempo
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged guatemala, Jennie, Quiche on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Norteamericana!”
I wasn’t sure if this was being said with happiness or disgust, but I nodded and smiled, “Si, soy norteamericana.” Ethan and I were climbing the steps of the church in the plaza in Santa Cruz, intending to eat our fruit torts from the good bakery and people watch. The old man (many wrinkles, missing [...]
In Limbo
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ethan, guatemala, Quiche on May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jennie and I are still somewhat adrift here. Plans keep changing and things move slow. I’m sure it doesn’t help that the person who was Jennie’s main contact before we arrived is in Washington D.C. for at least another week. So far we’ve stayed in three different hotels in three different cities (Guatemala [...]
quick update from Santa Cruz
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Quiche on May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We have been in Santa Cruz since Friday, and I had a productive meeting with the head of agriculture programs. We have had a lot of time to wander the streets, figure out the address system, eat at little comedores and walk through the mercado. Today we walked out to the ruins of Gumarcaj, and [...]
Packing
Posted in Uncategorized on May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is Jennie´s living room the day before we left.
Culture Shock
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged guatemala, people on May 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So far Guatemala has been noisy, colorful, full of people, beautiful, dusty, dirty, and poor. Everything seems high contrast: The colors, the topography, the weather, the people. The weather oscillates daily from hot, dry, and sunny to raining and even cold. Many of the women we see are wearing traditional, very brightly colored and heavily [...]
saludos de Nebaj
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Nebaj on May 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Wednesday we left Guatemala City at 6 AM. With stops in Tecpan and Santa Cruz, the journey (a climb, really) out of the city and along the narrow winding highway through the highlands and last descent into Nebaj took around 8 hours. There is so much to describe about the drive that I don´t know where [...]
estamos aqui!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Guatemala City on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After a long day of travel, Ethan and I are in Guatemala City (safe and sound, moms). Carolyn was a total superstar, and not only made a lovely dinner for a small group of friends on our last night in the U.S., she brought us to the airport at 4:30 AM!
We were met at the [...]
pre-flight check
Posted in Uncategorized on May 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Ethan and I only have a few more days before leaving for Guatemala, and the last weeks have been a whirlwind of packing, socializing and administrative details. I finished up my first year of graduate school (I’m working on a MALD at the Fletcher School) in the beginning of May, and I am excited [...]
