Week two of teaching completed. Thank goodness! This weekend I had the chance to go to a natural hot springs about thirty minutes away. It was a great, relaxing time that was definitely needed. Although being there and having my muscles messaged by the extremely hot water, a few things struck me. The first is the stark contrast between the "haves" and the "have-nots". The funny thing is, unlike in the States, here there really isn't any effort to try to separate the two. They live side by side. The Springs are a perfect example. Here we are, sitting in an oasis of bliss with the sun on our faces, soaking up all the relaxation possible yet it only takes looking over the wall to see the tin-shacks with no electricity or water.There's something very wrong with that to me and I hope I don't get used to it.
The second thing I noticed is how good it felt to drive somewhere. Guatemala is very restricting. The US Embassy ranks cities on a danger scale from one to ten and Guatemala is a ten. There are not many places it is safe to go and coming from the states with the freedom of travel we have, being here is very confining. It felt great to break in my car with a little road trip, even if it did burn up my breaks something awful!
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