Xela, Guatemala
I am back in Central America now, in Quetzaltenango (Xela) in Guatemala. This is my second week of studying Spanish. After my first week I changed schools and the homestay so both my social life (more students and activites) and the food has improved.
I have no idea for how long I am going to here in Xela, but it is a small and nice town with lots of volcanoes to hike and other interesting places so I might just hang around here while I improve my spanish. I will go visit Iceland in the summer and until then I would like to visit Mexico, keep on studying spanish somewhere there and visit a friend in Mexico.
Here in Guatemala there will be plenty to see and experience, I have already done a class in Salsa showing off surprisingly good tactics although more practice is needed. There are plenty of volcanoes nearby to improve my heart and lungs after three months without excercising, as well as to see how I cope with the high altitutes (to see if I will be fit for Aconcagua). Of course one must not miss visiting Tikal here in Guatemala and one of my friends here at school has already shown interest in going with me to El Mirador, which is an ancient Mayan site, dated back to about 10.000 BC, which is deep inside the jungle and requires a 5 day hike.
