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so the internet is actually working in san mateo surprise surprise! We kept asking at the association and they kept being like no hay internet because of the rain....and if it was sunny they didnt really have a reason... but we found another place that has it! (apparently a total of 3 places in san mateo have internet) wahooo! wow so a lot has happened.
jon and i graduated celas maya spanish school! woot woot fastest diploma ive ever received...up to that point. so we had a dessert party at the school and went to a chill ¨bar¨ to drink a little with nosotros amigos.

after celas in xela we went to a few cities around the lake which was AMAZING! soooo warm and pretty out and we bargained for various things in the market. although it was really lame that 5 year old kids would pester us to buy something every 2 seconds and almost curse at us if we said no. so at the first town pana they had this nature reserve that had cables extremos!!!! so we signed a waiver hiked up the side of a mountain and zip lined 8 times down to the starting point.... it was awesome! at the end they gave us....wait for it.... a diploma hahahahaha jon and my goal for the next week was to try and find as many activites that handed out diplomas as possible... unfortunately we found no more. we visited a few clinics around the lake (the real reason we went there) and then took a chicken bus back to xela... they dont actually have chickens did i already mention this? they are renevated US school buses. i got so motion sick apparently i had a sheet white face at the end and we rushed to the market to get some gingerale...my saviour.

so took dramemine on the way to san mateo to avoid the nausea again fell asleep half the time it was like an 8 hour trip. got to san mateo and it was 7.30pm and raining and dark. we walked down this slippery mud path to the house we are staying at. jon had to carry my suitcase cuz it was too heavy for me...i felt uber bad. so i was a little shocked when i got to the house. the yard is full of corn stalks, 3 piglets and various chickens and chicks which is kinda cool. but the bathroom is like an outhouse with a shower right next to it and the whole house is freezing and everyone tracks mud everywhere cuz the yard is mud. my room has an old mattress which i think is just the boxspring part cuz its liek wood planks horizontal under a cover. the door to my room doesnt shut all the way which leads me to the next topic....

we have a thief! someone broke in to our house...with keys... one day and took tania´s chocolate and her giant box of condoms that she was planning on leaving for the health center. then last night i heard the door banging and i think opening and noise in the house at like 1am or 2am it was scary! and the whole time i was like my door does not lock...what do i do if they come in here!!!! yikes we still havent figured out what to do but i think we are going to set up traps that will tell us that someone entered in the night to make sure its not a figment of my imagination. also this morning the rest of our loaf of bread was gone... weeeeird.

so the town is interesting a lot of people just stared at us the first few days with looks of death which made me really uncomfortable... now some are being a lot more friendly and we´ve gotten to talk to a lot of the town. pedro´s fried chicken and fries stand is a popular place but im currently boycotting it cuz he added a gringo tax (meaning he charged us foreigners more money for the same food as others got)

water and food are a commodaty here... we use a filter in a bucket to clean our water.. no problems yet knock on wood. and any food that doesnt have a hard shell we have to boil for awhile to make it safe to eat... i have been eating rice, avocados, bread, and my last tiny bits of pb&j that i bought in xela. the only cup of noodles here is the shrimp flavor... now i ask why on earth would you choose the shrimp flavor as your only option...why not go a little safer with chicken?? sigh... jon and i have decided to buy ourselves treats everyday to up our spirits.

its usually cold. its usually raining. but right now there is sun!! which is amazing. i added on a third pair of socks to my feet last night to give you a picture.... hahaha

miss everyone!!! 17 days left...