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From Myriam's email:

i{m here! i made it, and i{ve been at the mountain school since sunday around lunch. getting here was a bit insane. i was on a chicken bus. it was suppposed to be like one hour and ended up being like 2 or 3, b-c we had to get gas and pick up the entire population of guatemala! it was really hot and sweaty, but relaly fun. we went to a natural medicine place. i went with this girl who is my favorite person here so far, and the bitch from oakland. i don{t know why she is abitch, b-c she doesn{t really have a reason to be. anywya, they have parasites so wanted to get their poop tested, and i just went along for the rid.e and i got to help translate b-c i am th ebest of the three. i{m actutally one of the best of most of the people here. there are three people from sweden here who lived here for a year, a year ago, and they{re

< good. but people keep asking me quetions, which iskind of cool. this internet place is < britney spears! can you believe that? it would drive me crazy, i had my frist day of class, and it was pretty good. my teacher admits he's a liar. we talked about vegetarianism. i ate chicken my first night. i told my teacher i'm allergic to shellfish and then later he told me how once he told a student that some food was octopus when really it was cow intestine. but he said he wouldn't do that to me, b-c i have a good reason. yeah, so i ate chicken. it was weird. and kind of gross. i just odn{t like chicken. but the soup-stew it was in was good. i{m keeping a record of what food i've been served in my journal for you. this morning it was stewed or cooked or something plantains and beans. yes, it is tortillas quite often. they are very yummy. my roommate is a friend of wes!!! how weird is that. she was the one at the masquerade with the dog whose knot you fixed! but the bitchy girl is the one who was holding the dog when you fixed it. remember that? she was like <<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>> i don{t know how to do caps - sorry. and she was bitchy? well, she's still bitchy. but my roommate isn't bitchy and likes to dumpster dive. so that's cool. oh, to get to this town i{m in, called colomba (i{m telling you so you can google earth it or whatever!) i take a pick up truck. it{s a pick up toyota usually with bars on the side, and they fit lots of people, and if there's no room, people stand on the bumnper and hang on, and it'sso super fun1!!! i love it! and the mother in the family i eat with told me my spanish is pretty good. the kids are cute. anywya, i rwote about them in my journal to yuou. i cannot spell well today. okay, not this is really long. i'm takin gpics for you, but i want to take more! i am trying.

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