Gautemala Half-Marathon

Drove up to Coban, Guatemala with Petrona, a friend from my site and two Peace Corps friends for a brief vacation and a chance to relive my running dreams in a very painful half-marathon. If I do that again, training will be part of the picture, but the trip was amazing.

La Vida Basura

To kick off a municipal clean-up campaign, the youth group agreed to put on a stunning performance of La Vida Basura, replete with costumes, props and a microphone. Following the performance, boring speeches and teh National Anthem youth from villages throughout the municipality painted the sides of the streets white. After several paint wars, Melvin took the gang to a local swimming hole to clean off.