Guatemala - Summer 2004

I still do not know if I can claim that I have been to a country when I never left the airport. If I can, then I have been to El Salvador. I still do not know if I can claim that I have been to a country when I never left the airport. If I can, then I have been to El Salvador.	Madeleine and Earl in Antigua. Madeleine and Earl in Antigua.	Antigua has a bunch of old colonial buildings. Antigua has a bunch of old colonial buildings.	Panajachel. Panajachel.	Las Lakers. A girls basketball team in San Marcos that Earl helped to coach. Las Lakers. A girls basketball team in San Marcos that Earl helped to coach.
Coach Earl. Coach Earl.	Madeleine jumping rope. Madeleine jumping rope.	Little girls in Trajes playing basketball. Little girls in Trajes playing basketball.	Luidwig. Luidwig.	Jeffe the cat. By the end of my trip Jeffe was gone. He probably became dinner. Jeffe the cat. By the end of my trip Jeffe was gone. He probably became dinner.
The view from the roof. The view from the roof.	Madeleine and Earl on the lancha to Pana. Madeleine and Earl on the lancha to Pana.	This is a huge, and rough, concrete slide that we found at a school in Pana. This is a huge, and rough, concrete slide that we found at a school in Pana.	Here are my various facial expressions as I went down the slide. Here are my various facial expressions as I went down the slide.	I survived the slide but my left hip was sore. I survived the slide but my left hip was sore.
Madeleine and Earl. Madeleine and Earl.	A fanstastic lunch in Pana. A fanstastic lunch in Pana.	My bakery. My bakery.	Walking back to the dock. Walking back to the dock.	Madeleine's kitchen. Madeleine's kitchen.
and bedroom. and bedroom.	Madeleine and Earl's house in San Marcos, Guatemala. Madeleine and Earl's house in San Marcos, Guatemala.	Skippy, Skipito, and sibling. Skippy, Skipito, and sibling.	Volcano San Pedro. Volcano San Pedro.	Women in Trajes watching a parade. Women in Trajes watching a parade.
This is the parade. These students are marching with giant fruits and vegitables that represent the produce grown near Solola. This is the parade. These students are marching with giant fruits and vegitables that represent the produce grown near Solola.	Market place in Solola. Market place in Solola.	Students from Abraham Lincoln middle school. Remember, this is Guatemala. Students from Abraham Lincoln middle school. Remember, this is Guatemala.	Chickens in a basket. Chickens in a basket.	Dawn. Dawn.
Guatemal City. Certain parts of the city are very similar to the U.S. Guatemal City. Certain parts of the city are very similar to the U.S.	Mike Barre's World of Bugs - A scorpion in my bed. Mike Barre's World of Bugs - A scorpion in my bed.	Mike Barre's World of Bugs - A spider on the wall. Mike Barre's World of Bugs - A spider on the wall.	Mike Barre's World of Bugs - A caterpillar by the door. Mike Barre's World of Bugs - A caterpillar by the door.