First day in Guatemala

Today was the day I flew to Guatemala. The flights were great. Not too long, not too short. The flight from Orlando to Miami took about 45 minutes. We had a one hour stop in Miami. We ate breakfast during that stop and that was definetly the worst decision I made all day. We ate at this Chinese place that served breakfast. The breakfast was pretty bad. I'm not that picky of an eater, but this was bad. I had scrambled eggs, potatoes and toast. The toast was the best. You can't really go bad with toast though. The eggs were greasy and oily and the potaotes were completely drenched in some yellowishy orangy oil. I ended up eating less than half of it. I've had a stomach ache alllll day. I slept through the 3 hour Miami to Guatemala flight.

My bags never got to Guatemala. So I don't have any bags until tomorrow when they send them. I usually always pack a change of clothes in my carry on for this kind of stuff, but this time it completely slipped my mind. I don't have clothes or a toothbrush, or my laptop until tomorrow. Major bummer.

Other than that the day has been great. The weather here is great. Its around 70 something. It was supposed to rain today, but it hasn't. Which is good. It was 3 hours from the airport to Concepcion las Minas, the town where I'm staying. We drove most of the way with the windows open. My hair is so tangled, it's insane. I think it'll stay like that til I get my bags tomorrow. I forgot how bad people drive here. Or how good? They are good at going fast, swerving, and passing cars. Not too good at watching out for pedestrians. Pedestrians have to watch out for cars here. In the first ten minutes of being here I almost got hit by two cars. I think they can tell I'm not from here.

We got to town pretty late to do anything and were tired. Concepcion has grown so much since I last came. I didn't even realize we were here. There are so many cars now. The streets are much smaller. It seems like all the buildings are being expanded or new ones are being built. Last time I came I was in sixth grade, so about 11. Everything looked much smaller. It seems like there was alot more open space back then. It might take me a while to figure out where I'm going and where I am, even though I kinda still remember. Somewhere I plan on going soon is the local pizza place. I remember it from last time I came and it was really good. I've been lurking my grandpa's house for today. They have a couple of kitties and an anorexic looking dog. (Pictures tomorrow.)

These are from today.

Picture of a plane from the road. This was right after leaving the airport.

 Gallo Cerveza sign

Scenic stuff. Cool.

A cool looking bus. These are always full of people. Sometimes they have so many people they have people hanging out the door. 

More buses.

Flags. The middle one is the Guatemalan flag.

 A perfume store that closed down.

Delicious bread from a bakery on our way to Concepcion.  It was delicious. I missed this bread.

I almost got the picture! We drove away a little too soon.

Bank advertisement. Its weird seeing signs in spanish.

Pollo Campero is Guatemala's version of KFC, except sooo much better. The chicken is super moist, fresh and crispy. I didn't have any due to the whole vegetarian thing, but when I was little we came here a couple of times on our trips to Guatemala. I really liked it when I had it then. Alot of shopping places and restaurants here have security guards standing at the doors.