3 Weeks(ish)

Well I guess tomorrow marks the official 3 week mark! Wow! It feels like it but at the same time not at all. This past weekend has been very busy. Saturday I went with my family to a little baile or parade type celebration in another village. It was so fun! Bascially all of the pueblo-dwellers get dressed up and then dance to music in the middle of the street for about 20 minutes. Then everybody moves with them down the street and they do it all over again. People are wearing like mascott costumes and it's really funny. Also, we thought the trucks were jacked with speakers in the DR, imagine a firetruck sized truck, that has lots of speakers, like tons! loaded down and then when they stop to play the music they have to use jumper cables to get the power. The connect the speakers to a local house to get the juice. It's pretty funny. There is also a chance that your truck could have a live band as well. Needless to say, it's pretty fun and very entertaining.
Then Sunday, I hiked the volcano Pacaya. There was a group of ten of us. It was a long day and pretty cool. No lava, just hot rocks and hiking straight up hill. I was super dirty and spent the whole day traveling back. We met some really nice Canadians who befriended us and made the trip more fun. We didn't go all the way to the top where you can see the lava flowing, maybe next time. Anywho, we rewarded our selves with some McDonald's, after a long day you just need a reminder of home.
Anywho, then yesterday we went to Guatemala City. To see the embassy and just learn how to travel safely in the big city. It was fun, we went to the mall there and it is so crazy. It's just like being back in the states, but then in my house, there's only running water for part of the day. What a crazy life.
In other news life is good and I'm def going to put some pictures up as soon as possible. Sorry, life is so busy and I just got lucky today to be able to get on the computer. Miss you all so much and I'll be in touch soon. love love love