We departed late (by only 15 minutes) from El Paso, TX and arrived in Houston with plenty of time to spare, we had a layover that lasted a couple hours and then off we went to Guatemala City, Guatemala...only we didn't make it there.
We are currently in San Salvador, El Salvador for the second time in two days.
There were really bad storms in Guatemala City and the cloud ceiling was too low to land so they detained us for several hours on Sunday (June 1st) and then finally let us off the plane and put us up in a really nice hotel called the Sheraton about 45 minutes away from the airport. It was such a nice hotel but we crashed as soon as the five of us got a room.
Then this morning at 6:30 am we left the hotel and drove back to the airport and waited in the airplane about an hour more then made an attempt to fly the 24 minute flight back to Guatemala City. They couldn't even see the runway!! So I'm in San Salvador for the second time.
I did get a pretty sweet stamp in my passport as well as some fun times. And let me just say customs wasn't at all what I thought; I was so nervous and there was nothing to be nervous about whatsoever. We are all pretty exhausted though. We have been taking breaks sleeping and we're all working really well together. At this point, I can't wait to get to Guatemala and just sleep, recover and have fun.
I had my first culture shocks last night as well as this morning, even with the little part of San Salvador we saw. Everywhere, buildings, homes, stores had gates, fences and barb wire surrounding them. I found that interesting because you hear how genuinely friendly the people here are in comparison to Americans yet they have gates around their homes.
Also, its different (which is ok) to see the armed guards EVERYWHERE!! They have giant guns in their hands with helmets that say PM (police martial).
Well I'm hungry, we're getting ready to board the plane for the 3rd time so time to peace out.
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