Translation of El Guero and First Blog!!

Hello everyone! So, the name of my first official blog is Journey of El Guero. For those of you that don't habla espanol, el Guero is the Whiteboy. Obviously this applies to me and my friend Carlos already calls me this so I thought it would fit! My blog will consist of an on-line journal with pictures documenting the next six months of my life as a volunteer teacher for Global Vision International. I will be in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecaudor, and Peru over this span. Please feel free to comment on my blog or just take part as a casual observer. Thanks for thinking of me and I hope all of you will stay in touch with me-I'll need it!

I arrived in Antigua, Guatemala this afternoon and so far so awesome! The city of Antigua has been around since the 1500's and was once the capital of Guatemala. The city is flanked by three massive volcanoes, the streets are cobblestoned, the people are diverse, and I have already wanted to buy another bag worth of hand made goods, etc! My first chance to use my Spanish came when the driver for my program, Marvin, came to pick me up. My Spanish was actually a lot better than I thought it would be and he is super nice. I also ate in a quaint little restaurant and had a great meal. The only negative thing is I accidently flushed some toilet paper-ooops, hope the toilet is resilent! Rule Number One: No flushing paper-ever, I should have known.

I'll be in my motel until Saturday night and then will meet my host family on Sunday! A volunteer, Katie, from Georgia stopped by tonight and gave me a mini-tour of Antigua. She seems awesome and just the type of person I envisioned meeting here! Marvin told me there are volunteers from the States, England, Germany, and Ireland currently!

Well, tonight I will talk to the family over the computer and then just relax and read. I hope this blog offers some interesting stories/viewpoints and thanks to everyone who doesn't mind reading my rambling prose :)

Take care until next time,

Aaron