the apartment.
- Living: big room | unscreened window | many mosquitos, non-malarial but possibly of the dengue fever variety.
- To-do #1: buy mosquito net and/or fan.
- Sleeping: twin bed | hard mattress | L.A. Raiders bedspread. Can't complain though considering the rent is $220 USD/month.
- Bathroom: shared with a boy | couldn't figure out how to get hot water on Night #1 | said boy helped me to turn the right knobs after I took an ice-cold shower.
- To-do #2: shower today without freezing to death.
the neighborhood.
- Two security entrances manned by men with big guns. Otherwise, relatively safe residential area.
- To-do #3: morning runs- can't beat 65 and breezy!
- Within the compound, there is a small roadside tienda (store) and a vet's office (s'pose there are lots of pets in the neighborhood?).
- Across the street from: Pollo Campero (Guatemala's version of KFC), Wendy's, McDonald's, and a shopping center (grocery store included). What more does a girl need?
- aka Casita Rosa (Little Red House).
- Less than 5 minute drive from apartment.
- Super friendly folks who force me to speak español and don't laugh at me for sounding like a gringa.
- Luckily there's an ATM on campus where I'll be doing all of my withdrawals since there's been a rash of ATM crime in the city.
That's all for now, folks! More to come...
5 comments:
Good luck, Ant!! Sounds adventurous already :)
Do you need me to send you some BBQ sauce and Sriracha sauce?!
you can only have wendy's/mcd's once a week or less. how are those rice and beans??
Is the boy cute and of legal age? You might as well make some friends :)
My favorite part of you blogging again is going to be your sister's comments. Damn that girl is funny!
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