It's finally Saturday, my last full day here. This morning I moved out of my house and into my hostel. I'm the only one there. It's a little bit weird. I'll have to see how it goes. Here is my update from last night.
So it's my last night in my house and I'm all alone. T went to El Salvador, Thomas to Tikal, and Billy and John went out for dinner. I'm going out with a bang, huh?
But yesterday was lots of fun. We were dividing a kennel into two at the rescue and built a wall out of wood pallets. It started to rain which made it much more fun. We left shortly after and walked in the rain to our bus. We got on and everyone else was completely dry! Same with our second bus. I don't know if Guatemalans have really absorbent hair and clothes or what, but it was weird. Especially because some seemed to be giving us glares for being wet.
After arriving in Antigua, I was walking towards my house and T frantically ran past me. She was quite late. I had a lunch of vegetables and went out to find a hostel and a ride to the airport.
I ran into T again, so we went searching together. I found a place with a 10USD shuttle for Sunday, which I booked today. We also found a couple hostels. The first had a big sign saying free shots for guys dressed up as girls. That one was 65Q or about 8 US. The next was actually a travel agency and while it didn't have breakfast, or free
shots for crossdressers, it was 30Q, or about 4 US, so I booked it. The rooms weren't packed with beds, but the bathroom was a bit sketchy. It's only 1 block from Maximo so i can just run there to pee.
After my Spanish lesson we met up with Michelle and a guy named Max. We went out to dinner at a place called Rainbow Cafe. It was very chill with great wall and ceiling art and live music. I had a quesadilla with grilled onions and peppers. It was quite good. We then started wandering around looking for the crepe place. We finally
found it and I ordered a crepe with nutella, strawberries, and bananas. It was sooo good! Max headed home and T and I took Michelle to find a tuk tuk for her to get home.
We couldn't find one so we started heading to our place because they hang out over there. Suddenly someone called out "hey chicas!" my reaction was to ignore and keep walking, but it turned out we were at Max's house. We talked a bit with him and his roomies and finally went home. I was exhausted and promptly fell asleep.
Today I went to my placement and hung a door on a make shift fence. It took 3 of us several hours to remove 3 ft of fence and get the door on. Tools and supplies are limited and the wire cutters were almost worthless.
I went home and said goodbye to T and Michelle as they left for El Salvador. 3 days on a beach with surf lessons. I'm so jealous.
I didn't know what to do before dinner so I headed to the market. On the way I ran into Tito, Marta's brother in law. He also works for Guinness travel, the travel company at Maximo. He walked around the market with me and pointed out some reasonably priced venders. He's trying to learn English and I'm trying to learn Spanish, so the
conversation was rather interesting.
We went back home and I had dinner all alone. Fried plantains, meat patties, and refried beans.
Switching back to Saturday, I'm planning on going to the market today. I want to buy a couple things and depending how that goes I may or may not need to hit up one more ATM.
Yesterday I was finally able to take some photos of Animal Aware, so here they are. What cuties. I'm going to miss them.
Me and one of the wiggly little puppies. This guy was such trouble. He kept trying to eat my pants.
Geriatricos! I loved those seniors. They were too cute. This guy (don't know M/F, so will call guy) was a riot, always wanted to rub against me or the wall.
This boo boo has cataracts in both eyes. I'm not sure if s/he can see at all. This picture is before the cleaning, so the crate is sparkling now. All that dirt came off.
This guy looked so funny. I have no clue if s/he's part Chinese Crested or has a skin/hair problem, but s/he was pretty silly looking. S/he could really use a good brushing, but it's so hard with longer fur like that.
This is a younger dog who smacked me in the face. I literally had a paw print of mud over my eye.
Here's Michelle with her favorite dog. This guy doesn't like other dogs, so he's in a kennel by himself.
This gal (I think) had the funniest ears. She looks part corgi. She was a real sweetheart.
We called this guy Hyena. He has that hyena look to him and was a bit of a brat to the other dogs.
The rooster. Unfortunately I never asked his name.
This guy lives in the volunteer house with another cat. They are both such trouble! The people who sleep here complained of being woken up constantly, especially from this one.
And the other volunteer house cat. This one liked to sit on our shoulders.
Cute little sucker. She was watching us build the door right next to her kennel. She poses nicely, doesn't she?
This is a new guy in the clinic. I didn't get a very good picture of him. He's a puppy who is part chow and has a nice light brown brindle coat.
These boogers were too funny. They have mange but they don't know which, so I didn't hang out with them much for fear of spreading. They were a total riot though, and their crate would shake when they got all excited to see people.
This beauty is Tuscany. She was in the clinic when I first arrived. She was there because she was new, but also because she had a machete put through her feet. You can see it a little in the picture. She is an absolutely gorgeous harlequin Great Dane with a sweet personality. She was moved to this outside enclosure with other dogs and I couldn't convince her to come out of the house. I wish I had gotten a better picture of her.
This is a chocolate lab in the same run as Tuscany. Such a sweetie.
This girl was one of my favorites. She was in a run all by herself because she wasn't too good with other dogs. I went in and visited her and she loved to jump up on me and give me kisses. Luckily one of the clinic dogs moved in with her and they keep each other company. She is so sweet, but I had the misfortune of walking her once and she pulled, really strongly, the entire time.
This is Rex, the clinic dog that moved in with the rottie. He was hi by a car and has crooked hips. His face is absolutely ridiculous with his underbite and he was a sweetums as well.
And another of my rottie girl.
This one was trouble too. She (I think) wanted to jump up to kiss everyone in the face and she loved to chew on things. We went in there a few times with the hose and brooms to clean and refill water. All she wanted was to chew on the brooms and hose. Real cute pup, but what trouble!
Here's a picture of the clinic. It's in the back of the property and houses about 20 animals at a time.
The property was located in some nice woody area. Here is an example of what it looked like off the path.
Some more cute booboos. I just want to take them all home!
This lab was also an absolute sweetheart. We were dividing her kennel into two, and sadly that was the first time I had met her. She's sweet, laid back, and likes to roll in the dirt. Plus she likes to chew wood. She stole our wood pieces a few times and we had to try to get them back.
The wall in the volunteer house where people wrote their names. There are people from the US, Canada, England, Holland, Australia, and more on there. I didn't put my name there since I didn't stay there, but I would love to go back. It was a really awesome experience.
Antigua has some great culture in town. There are old church ruins throughout. I've taken pictures of a few, so here they are.
My plans for today are to go to the market for some shopping and then return to Maximo for their international party. It's to celebrate the TEFL graduates and there is an open bar, but more importantly, there is also free food. I'm excited.
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