GUATEMALA
My Recap On The Guatemala Trip.
DAY 1
When we arrived to Guatemala we were immediately greeted with hugs. They showed that they really appreciated us coming and went over all the things we were going to do during our adventure.
That night for our arrival we stayed in Hotel Casa Antigua that's in a very popular tourist part of Antigua.
That night we went to dinner and had the welcoming ceremony. We was told where we would finally be working and a new hotel we were staying in.
When we arrived to Guatemala we were immediately greeted with hugs. They showed that they really appreciated us coming and went over all the things we were going to do during our adventure.
That night for our arrival we stayed in Hotel Casa Antigua that's in a very popular tourist part of Antigua.
That night we went to dinner and had the welcoming ceremony. We was told where we would finally be working and a new hotel we were staying in.
DAY 2
We left Hotel Casa Antigua and went to another hotel that's not really visited by tourist.
The hotel we stayed at was called Posada San Jose. When we left the hotel we drove to the community that we are going to be working on.
The community that we helped build a school was called Jometes. It's a very big community with a lot of people. When we first arrived to this community we were immediately greeted with love and they showed that they appreciated us coming to help them build their school. When we got inside the school they were currently using they had a welcoming ceremony for us which was very fun we introduced ourselves while they introduced themselves. During the celebration they did some of their very popular and traditional dances for us.
Once they were done welcoming us and showing us their appreciation we went up to the site that we started the foundation of the bottle project for the next 6 days. We mixed rocks, sand, and water to create the cement.
DAY 3
Day 3 was a very big day for us because we were going to be able to meet a person who crossed the U.S border illegally and what he had to go through to get there.
During the discussion about how he illegally got to U.S he told us that their daily necessities add up to a total of Nine Quetzals(Dollars) but their average salary is 7.00. Also in order to legally get into the U.S they have to pay for a passport which is a total of $50 and a visa which is $160 and that total up to $210. If they do save up enough for their passport and visa then they would go to the person over the immigration operation and that's who decides if they can go into the U.S or not and most of the time it's a no and then they have to start the whole process of saving money and getting another passport and visa again without a refund.
Day 4
On day 4 of the trip we took a break from working and went on a field trip to the Mayan Ruins. Which was very fun and exciting to learn about.
On day 4 of the trip we took a break from working and went on a field trip to the Mayan Ruins. Which was very fun and exciting to learn about.
When we got to the Mayan Ruins site we participated in a spiritual ceremony. Which was a ceremony to help bring us closer to nature and earth.
We also got to climb the stone pyramids. All of the stone pyramids that's in the Mayan Ruins site has it's own background history and meaning for why it's there. The Mayan Ruins was also the last piece of land conquered by the Spanish.
We also learned that the Mayans had limited types of weapons to use and they were all hand made. They made the Sling Shot, Spearhead, and Rock Carved Knives.
Day 5
We went back to the School site and worked more on wiring. We also had a water fight with the kids which was fun. After all the fun and work the community put together a farewell ceremony for us. We played games and had a Q&A between my group and the kids. As a good bye present they created individual plaques for us to take home.