Well it has certainly been an interesting last 2 days, I feel like I am starting to get the hang of this keyboard (finally). We got to go to the Sunday market and I worked on my bartering skills, its really great to be able to finally use my Spanish skills in a place where the people do not speak English. The youth in Chichi speak English better than me! I met 2 of teen vendors named Kevin and Izaih and had good conversations with them, all the while insisting I do not want a bookmark. People here are very persistent, I would say {no lo quiero} and they would reply {Si lo quiere}, this would go on and on until it desintegrated into no, yes, no yes noyesnoyesnoyes....
We went to the village and help build the school. It was very dusty and I was not well for most of the day, so mostly I watched. Even my Spanish did not help us communicate there, most of the people only spoke Mayan (which reminds me a lot of the Ewok language from Star Wars). Even without speaking, we managed to be helpful, leveling fields and moving stumps and panels. I got to cut roots with a machete! Sadly, I have become the first person to get sick, so last night was not fun for me. That is why I am not with the rest of the group working right now. Hopefully I will get better tomorrow.
Less than three, Lara
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