Glorious greetings from Guatemala! After a couple hectic days of meetings and a 2 hour long trip to Office Depot in Guatemala City, Erika and I headed to the much more tranquil Antigua. A series of Earthquakes rocked Antigua to its core in the 1700’s and numerous buildings became nothing more than a serious of ruins. Set against the looming Volcan del Agua, this quaint colonial style pueblo has everything a gringo could wish for including a bagel shop and one of those o-so-popular frozen yogurt places. I was lucky to get the whole day off to wander the ruins and even got to have one of the aforementioned bagels. Check out the video I made below (thanks to Julie for lending me her FlipCam) to get a taste of this amazing place…
After Antigua we moved on to Santa Lucia for The Equilibrium Fund conference. 50 women have come from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua to participate in the conference and share their Maya Nut knowledge. I’ve made plenty of new friends and even have a bride waiting for me in the Guatemalan Jungle named Dorkus. Alright, it’s an awful name but they’ve showed me pictures and have assured me she is an excellent cook. It could be worse…
dorkus! ha! thats almost as good as martha
Joshua, do you think you can find me another awesome blanket/wall tapestry like the one you got me from Ecuador and the ones the lady was making in this video? I love the bright colors and have just the place for it and I will give you cashmoney on your return! No worries, however, if you have neither the time, space or inclination.
Im going back to Antigua on Saturday and I will do my best to find you the bestest, most colorful tapestry!
Thanks pal! You’re the best!
love the video! leaves me with a hankering for warmer weather as we gear up for arctic temperatures and snow here in dc
CHE me encanta el blog ni siquiera sabia que estabas escribiendo !
needless to say i’m salivating … keep it up and i can’t wait to hear ALLL.