Simply Awesome!!

Day 4

After the relaxing day of shoping and going for a boat ride, we were back to business. We all woke up early and left for breakfast by 7.30am. After having a filling breakfast, we went to Mayan Families where we then given our plans for the day. We were going to build stoves in Terralinda, a settlement that was high up in the hills which overlooked Lake Atitlan. The ride up in the truck was a bit bump but the scenary and views we got from high up in the hills was magnificient. Personally, I felt the houses we visited today were in a worse state than the first day and I think one of the contributing factors to that is accessiblity. Some of the house we built stoves were on steep slops and getting to them was a challenge. But all in all it was worth it to see the smiles that we brought them. On our return to panajachel, we decided to hike down the hill which took us about 40 minutes. Getting back to the hostel, all of us took a quick shower and headed off for dinner and then proceed to the talk that we had by a local Mayan activist. The talk was very insightful and brought more meaning to the work that we were doing here and what it means to the people here. The speaker shared his personal experience growing up during the Guatemalan Civil War and the healing process that he is undergoing with his current work. All in all we had a really great day, tired but certainly worth it. Looking forward to day 5 !!!
We did stop to get a cone of ice cream for desert !!

Cheers,
Girish

By the way here is an interesting link shared by our speaker today.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=guatemala+documentary+mountains+that+tremble&oq=guatemala+documentary+mountains+that+tremble&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=1310l30942l0l31798l62l62l13l35l47l0l190l1463l4.10l14l0