{"id":17961,"date":"2023-10-20T18:25:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T22:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=17961"},"modified":"2023-10-20T18:37:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T22:37:15","slug":"guatemala-9-29-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=17961","title":{"rendered":"Guatemala 9.29.23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Woke up early at 5:15 AM. Left by 6 AM. Was over at Doraville by around 6:30. Was on the next train in just a few minutes. Got to the airport around 7:15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Got through checking my bag and to the E gates in around 45 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easy flight to Guatemala. A little over three hours. Tried to sleep, but couldn\u2019t. Too much noise and turbulence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Met some cool people from Winder, Georgia. Byron was the man\u2019s name. He helped me get around the airport when we got inbound. Got through customs and Immigration. No problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Found my bag. Harder than I thought. Lots of blue bags. One of my jobs when I get home will be to paint a gold stripe on my blue bag to make it easier to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Got a Coke and some delicious poundcake at Barretto at the airport, while I was waiting for my transport to Antigua. I was about an hour early for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, a guy showed up to come and get me and Ann two girls from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Turn out when there\u2019s just a few people rather than the whole bus, they just take a taxi basically. That was great because it was easier to get out of town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traffic was bad but not horrible. But the fumes from all the cars were really bad. By the time we got out of Guatemala city, my head was hurting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My taxi driver was named Orlando. He made three trips a day from the airport to Antigua. Super nice guy. Had had throat cancer. He seem to be OK now.  I spoke to him for over two hours in Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the time we got Antigua, he was telling me how good my Spanish was, I appreciate that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Got into Maya Papaya which is my hostel in Antigua. Tiny little room. At least it had a little fan. Unfortunately, the electrical outlet did not work. I had to modify my grounded zip strip. I had to break off the grounded plug. I hate to do stuff like that but you gotta do what you gotta do. I had two of those and so I was able to plug-in all the rest of my stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The manager of Maia Papaya tonight was a guy named Dennis super super nice guy. He helped me find a wrench so I could break off the grounded plug on the zip strip. Managed to get all my stuff charging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dennis said I should try Copa de la Sopa. I got a veggie quesadilla there. Super good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m looking forward to taking a shower and resting soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guatemala is two hours behind the ATL. That should make me easier to get up in the morning and harder to stay up at night which is fine by me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I tried to get WordPress to work but could not. No big deal. I\u2019ll just write everything on the notes app. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can still upload different pictures every day which will be easy to insert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A great start to the trip!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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