Volcano

The Christmas party was pretty fun last night. There were about 50 kids and their parents and the school put on quite a show for them. There were 3 skits, most of them were very well done. I had a small part in one of them. At the end after then dinner all the kids got three wrapped presents each. The gifts were paid for by their godparents in Germany. Those kids were so small and cute.

After the party some of the students and teachers went to a bar across the street. It was a bit nuts but it didn't stop us all from getting up at 5:45 this morning to go on our volcano hike. I didn't feel too great this morning but I survived! We had to get a ride in the back of a pickup truck for about 20 minutes to get to the trail. It took almost 2 hours to get to the viewpoint for the volcano, we had to backtrack at one point. There was much evidence of Hurricane Stan on the trail. There were huge gullies in the trail, but it was still passable. The trail was a bit hard because I'm still not used to the elevation. When we got to the viewpoint the volcano was just erupting, and we waited a while for the next one. We got tired of waiting so we left, but just after we left the viewpoint there was a huge eruption. We only saw the cloud of ash overhead. (it was pretty far away). Still it was pretty neat. On the way back to town I got my first ride in a chicken bus. It the normal bus in Gautemala, an old school bus. We had to stand in the back, and my head kept bumping the ceiling. It was only 20 minutes though. Tomorrow will be a day of rest.
Hasta la vista!