Log 2: Settling in

Hi all!

Time to give a report for our past week. We left Guatemala City on Wednesday (6/1) morning.

We split ourselves in Rodrigo's car and a Van provided by Wuqu' Kawoq. After two hours

we finally arrived at the field station, which is being placed in one of the Wuqu' Kawoq buildings in Tecpán. When we arrived we met Emma, Sasha, Jessica and Lisa, the other members of the team who were already here, as well as Pedro Mateo Pedro, Soraya (who works at the Wuqu' Kawoq) and our three Kaqchikel teachers.

We then were taken to our host families to settle in, get to know them and have lunch. All of the families' houses are walking distance from the field station (only one block in my case), which is very convenient. They all were carefully chosen by Pedro, and they seem to have experience in this kind of thing. Dona Marta is the mother of my host family, she has three sons. We all have a room only for us with space to work.

After lunch, Soraya and Pedro took us to visit the city market and to buy our cellphones (the frijolitos). The group then dispersed, but six of us (Paulina, Chris, Rodrigo, Emma, Soraya and me) still had the strength to have coffee together at Emma's host family's house.