Interesting Facts About Guatemala

1. Most public bathrooms do not provide toilet paper
2. You can't drink their water (showers are spent with my mouth clamped shut tightly to avoid water getting in my mouth)
3. You can't flush your toilet paper-it goes in the trash!
4. The age for driving a car is about 12-13 years old
5. The age for driving a motorcycle is 8-10 years old
6. Pedestrians do not have the right of way. In Antigua it is a little easier to cross the street between oncoming cars, but in Guatemala City if you tried to do so, you can expect to be hit.
7. Lunch is the biggest meal of the day
8. Meals are seen as a social event and not just a time to consume food, so meals can last a long time
9. There are surprisingly very few mosquitoes! At least in Antigua. I am very happy about this. I have not needed to wear bug spray once, and have only seen a few bugs.
10. Dish soap comes in a bucket that you scoop instead of squirting it out to use
11. Everyone is VERY friendly. There is rarely a person we pass that doesn't say "hola" or "buenas dias" to us in the morning
12. The coffee is real good
13. There is a donut shop here that will deliver a bag of donuts to your home if you order them online
14. Guatemala City has some 'red zone' areas that are so taken over by gangs that they are not safe for us to enter. However, one weekend we are going to visit one red zone with a guide.
15. There are a lot of stray dogs wandering around

-Kara

Me on a bench

Breakfast venue this morning

St. Alban Episcopal Mission

Our FANTASTIC group! Loving every minute I get to spend with these people!