These are my travel experiences beginning with my Peace Corps service in Morocco from 2006-2008. At the request of friends and my own desire to document, I continued blogging my journeys to other countries as well as in the U. S., including my service as a Peace Corps Response Volunteer in South Africa for most of 2014. This blog will continue as my travel journal.
Friday concluded my first week that included 24 hours of classes, several cultural activities, getting a bit acquainted with the downtown, and meeting lots of great people. Our classes are held in sort of a courtyard. There is a teacher and one student at each table. Friday afternoon we took a little walk around to see the various plants there, and I was surprised to see these plants or trees: orange, avocado, basil, cotton, and pepper, plus many other plant and flowers.
Saturday morning four of us walked up the hill to a cross that has a good view of the city, and here is one of the sights...the volcano on the right that is smoking is Volcan Fuego, which is see right outside my room, and is the one that shut the airport down for two days recently as the smoke/dust creates a danger for the planes. The other is inactive and it is Volcan Agua. Hope you are able to view this video
After the little hike, I went to a corner coffee shop and had a wonderful cup plus a couple of homemade chocolate meringue cookies. Here's the view I had there.
Saturday afternoon three of us caught a shuttle up to San Cristobal, which boasts an organic garden.
Quesadilla with salad. Very tasty and great price!
View from the restaurant, the yellow building near center of photo is La Merced by my house and the hill on the right is where we walked this morning.
Janet and Bill, also attending my school
My salad greens came from this organic garden
An area where they do weaving demonstrations. Notice the bike part.
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