Sarah Smith and I went to Guatemala together the summer after my freshman year in college and we lived with a host family in the city of Antigua while we did a "government internship" and "studied" conversational Spanish and the history of Latin America (i.e. had a busy vacation while we soaked in the culture).
Antigua is well known for their coffee beans and their vibrant indigenous culture.
Our host family lived next to a gym, so we heard techno music all day long from the time we woke up in the morning to the time we went to sleep. We called it the background music to our lives.
One of my favorite experiences from our time there was when we hopped the tour guide's motorcycle randomly when we met up with him at the city center and he drove us up the Guatemalan countryside.
Sarah held on to me so tight!
He raced up the windy mountain and a police car started chasing us. So he went faster and faster.
Sarah and I were scared, but trusted that he knew what he was doing.
All of a sudden the police car started driving on the left side of the road and began racing us to the top of the mountain!
We were in shock. Turns out they were friends of the tour guide. Ha!
It was our last day in Antigua and it could not have been a better one.
What a great experience to see the country we so grew to love one last time.
Here's to more adventures in exciting places!
Grace
P.S. Sarah has reminded me that the tour guide's name was Hugo. :)
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