December 29, 2014 Up early on Monday morning, our first work day. We boarded the vans at 8 AM and drove to San Antonio Aguas Calientes. San Antonio Aguas Calientes is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Sacatepéquez. About a 15 minute ride from Antigua, San Antonio is nestled in a valley, away from the main roads, and is a safe, very picturesque town. This town is known for its weavers. Mayan women in the area use a backstrap loom to weave traditio...

December 28, 2014 The Aurora Hotel buffet breakfast started the day. We met at 10 AM and were instructed to walk around the corner and up a couple of blocks to connect with two Fildadelfia Coffee Resort Unimogs, big four wheel drive trucks, open air and with benches in the back. We boarded and had a fun open air ride to the outskirts of Antigua. We entered the lovely grounds of the estate that the resort is set on and pulled up in front of the restaurant an...

December 27, 2014 The morning started with the Hotel Aurora breakfast buffet, fresh fruit (pineapple, watermelon, cantaloupe, and (my favorite) papaya, rolls and bread, granola, and yogurt. Our group got a special hot option which just happened to be another one of my favorites, French toast. The group (those interested in this activity) congregated at 10:15 to go to Volcano Pacaya for the climb up. It took over an hour to get there, although I am now finding...

December 26, 2014 After a well-needed and good night's sleep, the trusty cell phone alarm clock woke me at 8 AM. Showered and dressed, I emerged from my room and made my way to the breakfast room. The breakfast buffet was a bit expanded for our group, so we had the choice of pancakes or scrambled eggs with ham. I chatted with some people I had met last night in the hotel, a couple of Indian descent and their 16 year old daughter, working as engineers, and visiti...

December 25, 2014 Antigua, Guatemala Today has been the start of the Guatemala adventure, the first 10 days to be spent with Nueva Generacion in Guatemala. Nine of the ten of us joining the trip from Los Angeles connected with each other on Christmas Eve at the LAX Delta terminal. We departed on time and had an uneventful flight. The airplane was cold and the snack we were provided was dry bread 2 x 2 inch sandwich with a semblance of ham and cheese and inside ...