Que Tal in Guatemala

Xela (Quetzaltenango) is a great city. It's real - chaotic, messy, bustling, and still beautiful. While the more touristy places, including Antigua and San Pedro where we were this weekend, are nice for other reasons - often more preserved, more anemities, more travelers, etc - the thing that I love about traveling is being somewhere different and real. That is where the excitement comes from.

Today we go back to the lake to volunteer at a coffee cooperative. It should be interesting. On Friday I talked to Miguel from Mano Campesinas, an org that works with coffee cooperatives as well. It was really nice to chat with him. Besides learning about the industry, we were able to chat and connect about general life goals, helping people, development, etc. Every once in a while I get to to talk to someone, a genuine person, that seems to echo things I feel and think inside. (Other people that come to mind are Jonathan from Bobolink, and a German farmer I met in Cambodia who volunteers to teach Cambodians more about agriculture.) It's just amazing what people chose to do with their lives; how they can live so in line with their values and be a source of inspiration.

Ciao for now!

From Guatemala