Asi es la vida

"Guate, Guate, Guate," the familiar sound of the Bus conductor splurted out, ah I was back in Antigua. The dry, sunny exterior of Copan was replaced with the dense humidity of rainy Antigua. Volcan Agua towered over the beautiful former colonial capital. As the week commenced a similar pattern of Spanish lessons, football, gym and coffee became my raison de etre, before hitting the many bars and salsa clubs that took hold of me. It felt good to be back.






I moved into my new abode. A shared student house with a mini Guatemalteco family. Three meals a day, my own room (double bed) and of course hot water. Boss. The mass homework session takes place just before dinner where we all attempt to converse in Spanish before tucking into some homemade food.











El Mercado;

I gained a new teacher ´Billy Bob´or Roberto who is a bit of a hero, awesome footballer and a great guide of the Spanish language.

This week we have been mixing classes up with visits to the local market, museum and also a spot of lunch. My conversational prowess is improving but I still need people to speak slowly!

Asi es la vida

In the market, the rainbow colours intermixed with a plethora of bartering as the locals drifted off to a foreign land of hopes and desires. I added the Guatemalan football shirt to my ever growing wardrobe of foreign teams as Roberto and I slowly ambled our way around the many stalls on offer. The fauna of fruit, flowers, knives, meat, televisions and clothes collided into a vast meltdown of a previous life.

Fruta de Guate´

Gossip girl a la Indigena

International language of......

Chillaxing like Homez

Spiders;

It hasn´t been all fun and games, I´ve developed multiple blisters on my right ankle so a trip to the Doctors was in need. Alas, I had been bitten by a local spider gaining an allergic reaction. All is fine, although, my ankle resembles that of an elephant, minus the colouring. Apparently it´s common and should pass in the next few days! I sincerely hope so because it stings like a nettle.

Lad

So, tonight is my last night in Antigua, so Chris (the German, fellow student, roommate and footballer) and I are hitting the nightlife with some other mates. Tomorrow at the crack of dawn I will arise for a bus to Lake Atilan (San Pedro) for a new part of Guatemala.

Adios amigos, until Belice.