Our journey to Chi Elias started at Rutgers at about 9pm on Tuesday, January 2nd where we met up to head to JFK International Airport. From there, we flew to Panama and hung out at their airport for a few hours while we waited for our flight to Guatemala. Airport food turned out to be more expensive than we anticipated, so Carlos decided to snack on his hoodie instead.
We flew from Panama, landing in Guatemala City around 12:30 Guatemalan time, or 1:30 Rutgers time. Considering we got to JFK around 10:30, this was now 15 hours either in airports or airplanes for us. We were itching to get out and explore Guatemala City! We met up with Brad our mentor, our driver Mario, and some of Carlos' family members! They brought us Pollo Campero, which is like Guatemalan KFC and it was delicious.
Guatemala City! I was still trying to figure out how to take pictures out of a moving car window.
A brief red light allowed me to regain a steady subject.
He drove us in a nice, spacious van 4 hours up into the mountains of Guatemala! We did take a break about halfway through for some delicious chicken and tortillas at a restaurant. As we continued, the roads, though small bumpy at times, took us through some beautiful hilly countrysides.
Beautiful scenery of mountains of Guatemala. It wasn't long before some clouds rolled through and it was hard to see any of it! We drove through the busy city of Momostenango, where we are staying at a hotel tonight. We finally arrived at around 6pm on Wednesday, January 3. That adds up
We need to get to sleep early tonight as we are leaving to go to the school at 7:00am tomorrow! I can't wait to see the students and the school tomorrow. I'll keep you updated!
Until then, buenas noches!
Christina
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