How to recover from Dengue Fever?

...By lying admist this little oasis in the middle of Antigua:

Tikal and Flores

Finally, we're up to date! Here are some pictures from my Flores and Tikal adventure... those beautiful Mayan jungle ruins that will from now always be associated with stupid Dengue Fever. Needless to say, despite getting sick, despite the stormy weather and despite losing my book, it was still an amazing site to see, particularly the peaks of ruins emerging out of the jungle.

TIKAL... the jungle where the ruins are located

Small world.. bumed into Rebecca, another volunteer!

Not a fan of heights!

FLORES...the beautiful colourful town next to Tikal

My hostel, "Los Amigos"

Where's the door gone?

Fertiliser Day

So as you may or may not remember, Guatemala was hit by the devestating storm Agatha about 3 months ago now. GVI have taken steps in helping families get back on their feet. First we handed out food supplies immediately. Then a month later we handed out corn and seeds for replanting destroyed crops. A month after that we handed out beans for planting. And this month, last friday, each family recieved 40kg's worth of fertiliser, which should last about a year.












Dom with (some) parents

Carrying the heavy load

Jennifer, Alicia and Doreen




































After we had handed out each bag, i decided to take some (more) pictures of some of the kids hanging around. They're adorable.

Then it was time for my favourite Guatemalan dish... Pepian, a stew 8 different spices (incl. 4 hot chilis) prepared by the mothers. Mmmmm.

Santiago

Yes, they're married.

Rewind..

As promised, photos that i've been meaning to put up. First, our July birthdays, which we held in the last week of July. They were fantastic! Kids were cute as always, plus the families of the school made pinapple juice, donuts, pinatas. After we went on our usual stroll around the town; because we were with Santiago, the principal, we were allowed to take pictures. Unfortunately on that day we also had to say goodbye to - 4! - volunteers: Lily, Drew, Jenny and Chris.

Freddy

Ana Gabriela

More evidence of the mudslide, going all the way up the mountain...

Blanca

Doreen

Petronila

Stefany

Carlos Manuel

Santiago with the kids

And then there were four...