They lived right by the lake in the heart of San Pedro..they had five children, the youngest is 4..she's wild.. dressing up, running around with loads of teddies and dolls, generally showing off..she was the one that talked to us the most! We spend 4 hours a day in spanish lessons..my teacher is really good, Alex's couldn't speak any English and said he was lazy!ha and Elyses' said "wow" after everything she said and then went on about the amount of drugs he had taken during the fiesta all through her lesson..he was ridiculous.
Our 'mother' got breakfast (cornflakes and bananas) ready before school every morning, then lunch veg stew type thing when we got home from school, then omellette and refried beans for tea. Everything was served with tortillas..we are sick of them! We had free horse riding and Kayaking with the school, it was so funny seeing Al on a horse.
While we were there there was a big fiesta, It was San Pedro day, there was loads of music everywhere and a fairground set up..the fairground rides were more dangerous than those at Porthcawl if you can believe that. The ferris wheels were propped up by bricks and powered by tractors. Obviously health and safety isn't an issue here.
Our Guatemalan family told us to go and watch this Traditional dance in the fiesta.. it is to tell a story about the history of when the Spanish arrived..they all looked freaky in masks.
The festival lasts a week and the women parade around in a brand new outfit (they only have one each year)..and the men just get really drunk..there were grown men passed out on the floor everywhere..just like a Friday night in town.
While we were there, San Pedro had its first ever Cock fight... so of course we had to go and watch. There were Guatamalan Girls in hot pants and bikini tops parading the cocks around and dancing, definitely not a glamourous job! It was brutal and we left wondering why we paid to go and watch it.
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