House

Hey, well it has been a while since I have posted. It looks like things might be this way from now on. I am still having a good time. Want to see where I live? Here ya go!

There she is. It´s an unwritten law that everyone in the jungle has to have a hammock. It´s our version of the lay-z-boy.

This is the view from the front door/hammock. That road is what they call a freeway around here.


Here we are inside. Mosquito net is important now that the rainy season has started. I have more pics, but it is taking about 10 minutes per pic to load. I hope you get the idea. Here´s a quick rundown of recent highlights:

• I now have electricity in my home.


• There was a massive tarantula in my house


• The communities are stoked on the tourism idea for Salinas. We are almost done planning the first fase. When we are done with that, we are going to present it to the Municipality to hopefully get funding.


• I spent a day planting the sacred maize (corn) with Ramiro and friends using just a hand sewn bag full of seeds and a machete-sharpened stick. The same way the Maya have been doing it for thousands of years.


• Went to a Mayan ceremony at the house of Qawa Mariano. We got to his house at about 8pm and didn´t make it home until 3am. The idea was thanking mother earth and our ancestors for all they have provided for us and to bless Mariano´s recently planted corn crop. I´ll try to post some pictures of that in the future.

That´s all for now. I hope all is well with you. And as we say in q´eqchí, owe chi waak (i´m going to eat)