7 weeks Petén

Cockroach in the Aktun Kan cave

with Nigland in the kitchen

Ok, now you maybe want to know why I spend 7 weeks in Petén, the last two weeks in a small village with 1000 inhabitants.

The reason is a guatemalan guy, Nigland, we are together now. I spare you know with the details how he got me. But he is great, of course.

The last two weeks of my time there, I changed to a hotel in his village, which made it easier to meet and he didn´t had to come with the canoe all the time. I also ate always with his family or he cooked for us...I´m scared of cooking over open fire. He is living very simple, charing the house with a sister, his dad and two brothers, all in one room, no privacy. The kitchen is next to the house, always open, and they cook with firewood. The bathroom is also the place to wash the dishes and clothes. The toilet is an outhouse with soem walls around. It is not luxury at all, but the hammock outside and the trees around makes it beautiful. I love to hang around there.

cat Diablo (devil)

the house

When I came to Flores at the end of March I first was hanging around with Eugen (from Bremen) and Tim (USA) which I met in Xela, and I knew there were there. We went swimming everyday and I showed them around the forest in San Miguel, I already knew a bit at that moment. We also went to the cave Aktun Kan in Santa Elena and we got to see bets, a monster cockroach and a big cave. I  also made dreadlocks, finally 52 on my costumers head. What a work!!!

lake Petén Itza

When they left another girl I know from Xela was coming to Flores and we spend time together. After this I went one week to Coban, because I knew that Nigland was working all the week. Then I met German Mike in Flores, and we both moved at the same time to San Miguel. He is travelling by bike from Canada to Guatemala. Then he left last week to fly home from Mexico, and I left Sunday. My last night I spend with Nigland sleeping on the Mirador in the forest of San Miguel.

with Mary in Flores

Now Iam in Antigua and I changed my plans. Iam tired of moving around since January 2010, so I´m not going to fly back from Panama, it´s too far away. I feel like staying in one place until the end of my trip. So I go back to my boyfriends village, it is relaxeg, people are nice, know me already, nature around, I can swim in the morning. And if we want some ¨buja¨ and o dancing, we go over to Flores by canoe and to a disco in Santa Elena.

living house, after that the kitchen and the ´bathroom´

 Oh yes, my plans now?? I have a flight at the 16th of June and you can welcome me the 17th of June at 13:05 in Frankfurt. Of course, I know that´s far, so I will let you know, when we can meet at the BRN ;)