The driver from our hotel came to pick us up at the airport. We stayed in a small guesthouse, DosLunas, close to the airport. The people there were very nice and friendly. If you read this Lorena, thanks for everything!

After trying to sleep a bit, we decided to take one of the so-called chicken busses to down town Guatemala City. It's a pretty chaotic city. The busses made horrible sounds, and it felt like they would fall apart any minute! Some people were pretty poor. We saw children bare-footed playing in the havy traffic. Pretty sad! We went to some underground market, which was amazing! It was pretty dirty, full of food, meat, vegetables, clothes, souvenirs, etc.

Back to hotel we decided to order some pizza. It was not very safe to walk around on the streets at night. We also kept hearing gunshots, pretty scary.

The next morning we took the bus to Flores, our destination for our internship! It was going to be a ten hour trip to the North of Guatemala. We were pretty surprised when we got into the bus. It was a luxurious touring bus, airconditioning, comfortable chairs, we even got a lunch box! Not too bad! And believe it or not, they even showed the newest Austin Powers movie, Goldmember!

But of course, too good to be true. After about 8 hours the bus stopped, and we continued with about 16 people in a small micro-bus. Now that was uncomfortable! Finally we arrived in a small town, Poptun, where we had to change micro-busses. Luggage on the roof, people in the bus, and we were back on the road again. Finally around 11 at night we arrived in Flores.

Unfortunately it was already dark, but that made Flores not less spactacular. It is a small, really small, island in the lake of Peten-Itza. There is only one small causeway that connects the island. The houses are small and colourful. There was even a festival going on, with fireworks! What a warm welcome!