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Hi,
Ok I started lurking here last year and joined with thoughts of taking my first European backpacking trip on my mind. Well that never came to fruition so I disappeared. But now I am back to my lurking ways this time with a trip booked in concrete. While its not backpacking or Europe, I shall be spending 6 weeks in Guatemala in May and June voluntering. I am super geeked about my trip and figured I should say hi before I start up with my questions about Central America that are bound to come in the next two months. So yeah, hi?
-Sarah
We'll be glad to answer your questions but will you tell us more about your project in Guatemala ? Are you going with a NGO, or did you find volunteer work yourself ? What kind of work will you be doing ?
I am going with Global Vision International and will teaching at a school outside of Antigua. It should be an intersting experience since I believe the lessons are suppossed to in Spanish ( the children are indigenous Mayan) and well I don't know spanish. But I am starting lessons and will be taking intensive ones once I get there. I am fully aware that I will be learning more about myself on this trip than I will ever be able to teach.
welcome to the boards! that sounds like it's going to be an awesome experience.
__________________ people travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long course of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering. -St. Augustine
but will you tell us more about your project in Guatemala ? Are you going with a NGO, or did you find volunteer work yourself ? What kind of work will you be doing ?
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