Where am I??

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

a man with a gun standing on a sidewalk.

its amazing how many guns ive seen.

not to alarm you at all...

but the funniest thing i saw this morning on my way back from the gym (yes, i now go to a gym in antigua... it was my first pilates class in a while and it nearly killed me)...

anyways,..

i wish i had my camera... but it was a guy with a big rifle and a few cases of OJ. Yes thats right. Orange juice.

not sure why it was so precious... but there wasnt anything else around and he was just standing there in his uniform, with his gun... with the OJ.

oh... and the latest heckle i have recently gotten aside from the typical latin american men staring as i walk down the street is "chinita Chinita!" (= chinese girl)... oh dear...

at least thats slightly better than 'sayonara'. i get that quite a bit too.

ah... the racial jokes are coming back!

Sunday, April 26, 2009

whats new pussycat??

i have a job.

as a bartender. at kafka. antigua. guatemala.

i am earning hot quetzales. 8Q per hour.

thankful that i seem to earn more in tips than i do per hour.

in case you couldnt be bothered doing the currency conversion. im earnining $1 USD per hour.

HOT QUETZALES!

Friday, April 17, 2009

april 17.

its officially one week since good friday...

i have been in antigua and have participated in the 'fombre' making... they have these massive processions through the streets with literally hundreds if not thousands of people... reinacting the story of Christ's death.

its really interesting.

I... helped out with these flower patterns that you make with coloured saw dust and stencilling.
they're pretty amazing... the patterns that are created... taking hours and only just walked all over by the procession just hours if not minutes later.

anyways.

i am a little non descript about all my adventures. too much to take in. i wish i was more specific.

oh, my spanish lessons are good. my teacher's name is Betty.

Me Gusta mi Maestra Betty. ( I like my Teacher, Betty).

Bueno!

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Semana Santa- ing :)

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE! (or all of 3 followers of my blog. THANK YOU FOR READING!) i think i will move that box from the top, cos it looks a little sad....

Anyhoo, just realised im getting internet schizophrenia because i realised that i have 1) a facebook profile and status updaterer 2) a secret facebook group (hence probably why you are here) 3) a blog account which i havent used...

and well... i dont know which platform to use half the time, because all is everywhere...

anyhooo... enough whining.

SO much happens when youre on the road for an inexplicable amount of time.

In typical van style in the past month and who knows since my last blog entry i have

  1. gone snorkelling in belize and seen lots of amazing sea life.
  2. have travelled through another 3 or 4 different countries
  3. been stopped by cops 6 or 7 times throughout honduras when we were crossing borders to get from guatemala to nicaragua
  4. eating frijoles (beans) which a BUG in it... great.
  5. been meeting some AMAZING ppl and seeing Mayan ruins in the north of guatemala (the mayan calendar is only 24secs off the space/ anatomic clock- {pls correct me!}... they are the people that basically created our modern calendar/ clock)
  6. been eaten alive by bed bugs
  7. seen amazing waterfalls and natural pools.
  8. swum in the most pristine lakes
  9. taken spanish lessons! HOLA! Como Estas? haah
  10. realised that nicaraguan postal service is better and more reliable than guatemalan post!
ok. there are many more things... but i cant think of them now! xo