" The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page."
St. Augustine

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Guatemala. Al Fin.

  Finally. finally I am here in Antigua, Guatemala. Never thought I'd see the day.
Queena and I had a whirlwind weekend meeting up with med school friends, packing up our apartments and moving out in two days and then taking the bus to O'hare along with Brian- our other med school friend from SLU.
  We had a late nite dinner at the airport with Brian and then parted ways as we were at different terminals. Queena and I rushed to the check-in counter only to see that it had closed down about five hours ago. Excellent. So, we waited until 3:30 AM to check in and finally got through security around 4. We landed around 11, got some sweet stamps in customs and then proceeded to get our luggage. So we waited and waited, but still no luggage.
  Apparently, the airlines had not gotten our luggage through [curse you O'hare] and it was supposed to come on the 10 o clock flight later that night. no problemo right?
A: Si es un problema. We were leaving that night to Belize and all our clothes were in our checked luggage.  Luckily, once Jess got in (other med school friend), our luggage happened to come along in the flight.  You can be sure the whole airport heard us screaming with joy.
  Anyways we got home to Antigua and it is just beautiful. Lots of green mountains around, cobblestone streets and the nicest people you will ever meet in Central America. We left that evening for our 15 hour bus ride to Caye Caulker, Belize (aka Paradise).
   Until next time!
Grace and Peace,
  Shreya
our welcoming party, we may keep the sign

Thanks for being our lucky charm Jess!
Twins at the airport.

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