Sunday, December 12, 2010

Picture Update from Guatemala & Copan

We went to a banadería our first day. Now I know where chaquita come from. So many bananas

Alter site where indigenas pray to different God's and also where the womn go when they are pregnant and the shaman tells them the destiny of their child. Weird stuff
We watched a ceremony to bless the business of this family, they burned weird stuff, the shaman sprayed them with red juice stuff, spit on them, chanted in quitché and rubbed fruit on them. Very weird

Crazy market in Chichicastenango (fun to say)


Our Boat that took us to different laces around lake Atitlan, We stayed overnight in Panahachel
Lake Atitlan
Unbelievable Shrimp! Still have the heads and eyeballs!

So funny we couldn't resist

Some crazy soup in Guatemala City, we thought it was going to be some type of meat dish when we ordered it
SUUPER hot chile sauce. Curt and I were in fiery pain for half an hour haha

Crazy Guatemalan markets man
Yep, they even have pig heads for sale haha
Lake atitlan with some friends
Ben and I in front of Lake Atitlan

We went horseback riding in Copan, and since we are in Central America there are no rules and so as beginners we were galloping all over the place...Which makes ones hindsides very sore the next day haha
In Copan we visited a tropical bird nature center or something like that. There were a TON of really cool ones, tis is a Guacamaya, Honduras' national bird
More Guacamayas


Copan's mayan ruins. Pictures don't do them justice. Absolutely incredible and much larger in person
Antigua's famous arch with the whole group!
A cool lookout in Antigua

Thursday, December 2, 2010

DONE!

Classes and exams and essays are officially done!! It has been a great semester and I'm pumped to see everyone again. I still have so much I want to put up on this blog, I'll try to write some on the bus tomorrow. Tomorrow morning at 4:30 we leave for GUATEMALA! way pumped. I'll write all about it.