I think I will finally have time to write more this evening, and I plan to post about my travels mostly in chronological order. But here´s a summary of my first week: Methods of transportation taken and iterations thereof: planes (2), taxis (2), boat (6), decent bus (1, in DC), chicken buses (7)
People a chicken bus is designed to transport: 40 (10 double rows of seats for 2 people each)
Most people seen on one chicken bus: 67
US dollars paid for a Guatemalan cell phone: 19
Children in my host family: 3
Family members at the house the evening I arrived: 9
Nationalities met so far: 9 (Guatemalan, American, Canadian, Danish, Swedish, Australian, Italian, British, Irish... and I´m sure I´m missing some!)