Over the years of Hoops Sagrado we've kept a list of dubious quotes that students (and founders of the program) have dropped on occasion. Within minutes of arriving in Antigua at our 200 year old hotel, a new comment was added to the list: "Does this hotel have an elevator?"
The second comment came on Friday when we made our way from Antigua to Xela stopping at the Mayan ruins named Iximché. At the entrance to the ruins, one student stopped to read a sign and noted with some disbelief "This sign is in Spanish."
After several arguements about whether or not Lil'Wayne is the best rap artist ever and after some colorful language was used to tell a story, all while sitting on the steps of a 2,000 year old Mayan shrine, we had about an hour-long discussion about why people hate Americans.
It was actually a pretty enlightening discussion and everyone had something to contribute and pledges were made to keep open hearts and open minds and not be the "ugly American" during our stay in Guatemala.
By the way, some of you may actually be familiar with these ruins because this is where President Bush spoke when he visited Guatemala and then as soon as he left, Mayan priests had a cleansing ceremony.
We arrived at the school in Xela just before dark and everyone soon met their new families and began the process of learning their way around the new hometown.
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