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| Main Patio area and girls house |
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| Boys house and where I live |
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| front dock of Casa Guate, where the kids go swimming |
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| the view from the back of the boys house, where I live. |
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| <the View from hotel backpackers, Rio Dulce |
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
08-24-10
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
August 16th 2010
Hola todos!
Ive been here at Casa Guatemala for only two full days now and I already love it. It's gonna be some hard work, but thats what I was hoping, right? Waking up at 5:30 a.m. and supervising about 30 or so kids, making sure they do their daily chores, take their showers, and get to breakfast in time. I have two long breaks during the day where they are at school. The whole place is like their home and school, with cafeteria, classrooms and dorms all on one property, which is technically owned by the local Mayan pueblo next to us. The best part is its all on the river so many of the buildings are actually built on the river and the boys house has a deck on the back the overlooks the river and has a beautiful view. there are also ropes where the boys can swing into the river from their deck. We can go swimming all the time, and there are monkeys all over the place.
Its as wild as you can get while still having internet, electricity running water and cell phone reception. I have a Guatemalan phone that you can call me on but im still figuring it out. ill make a post once I figure out how you can call me, but you would be charged not me, and it may be expensive. probably just more worthwhile to E-mail me.
The Volunteers here come and go a lot, so a lot of the people ive met so far wont be here in a week or two. it just happens that way. I plan to stay here for 6 months, so by the time I leave I will have met people from all over the world. Right now there are a few from Spain, three from Texas for some reason, one or two from England, one from France, and two from Israel who got here the same day as me.
I havent taken many pictures yet, simply because I know that I will have plenty of time and Id like the kids to get to know me a little bit better before I start taking their photos all the time. hopefully by the next post ill have a photo tour of the compound up so you can see it for yourself. Until then im gonna try to memorize 30 kids' names and let them know as much as I can that IM THE BOSS.
hasta Luego,
Alex
Ive been here at Casa Guatemala for only two full days now and I already love it. It's gonna be some hard work, but thats what I was hoping, right? Waking up at 5:30 a.m. and supervising about 30 or so kids, making sure they do their daily chores, take their showers, and get to breakfast in time. I have two long breaks during the day where they are at school. The whole place is like their home and school, with cafeteria, classrooms and dorms all on one property, which is technically owned by the local Mayan pueblo next to us. The best part is its all on the river so many of the buildings are actually built on the river and the boys house has a deck on the back the overlooks the river and has a beautiful view. there are also ropes where the boys can swing into the river from their deck. We can go swimming all the time, and there are monkeys all over the place.
Its as wild as you can get while still having internet, electricity running water and cell phone reception. I have a Guatemalan phone that you can call me on but im still figuring it out. ill make a post once I figure out how you can call me, but you would be charged not me, and it may be expensive. probably just more worthwhile to E-mail me.
The Volunteers here come and go a lot, so a lot of the people ive met so far wont be here in a week or two. it just happens that way. I plan to stay here for 6 months, so by the time I leave I will have met people from all over the world. Right now there are a few from Spain, three from Texas for some reason, one or two from England, one from France, and two from Israel who got here the same day as me.
I havent taken many pictures yet, simply because I know that I will have plenty of time and Id like the kids to get to know me a little bit better before I start taking their photos all the time. hopefully by the next post ill have a photo tour of the compound up so you can see it for yourself. Until then im gonna try to memorize 30 kids' names and let them know as much as I can that IM THE BOSS.
hasta Luego,
Alex
Friday, August 13, 2010
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