Guatemala VA: Day 1 Recap

This post will the first in a series of recap posts about our trip in Guatemala. If anyone has any questions or wants any additional information, feel free to mention this in the comments.

On the afternoon of August 14, our group of nine students arrived in Guatemala City and proceeded to take a shuttle to the Casa Sito Volunteer House in Antigua.

We stayed at the Volunteer House for the night and used our free time to explore the city and grab a delicious Guatemalan dinner.

 

 

 

We got to bed early so that we would be ready to leave early for the Xela Highlands the next morning and start our volunteering.

Checking in from Guatemala: 8/19/2012

Hello everyone,

This is Karl Nagengast checking in from San Mateo, Guatemala. I apologize for the lack of updates but I haven’t had much time on the internet to write blog posts. I plan on including much more detailed recap posts when I get back to the states. For now, the summary is as follows: we flew into Guatemala City and spent the night in Antigua. The next morning, we took a shuttle to San Mateo to begin our volunteer work. After completing two full days of volunteer work, we traveled to Laguana Chicabal with our host Tino. Today is our final full day of work. Sorry again for the brief message but I have to run to breakfast.

Preparing for Guatemala

Hello everyone,

Despite what it may say below, I am actually Karl Nagengast and not Nathan Rowley and I will be the blogger for the Guatemala VA trip. I am in the process of packing my stuff and making sure that I bring plenty of DEET. The Guatemala trip will take place from August 14th to August 27th and I will do my best to blog about our trip as I go. If (as I expect) we have very limited internet, I will write the blog on paper as I go and take plenty of pictures to post after the fact. Thank you to everyone that made this trip possible and I appreciate everyone taking the time to follow our trip.