We are here!

After a 3:50 a.m. departure from Dulles we arrived in Guatemala City not on time, but early! The flight down was uneventful and our handful of first time fliers and those who aren´t overly thrilled with the idea did great (despite the horrible movie offered by TACA, there were no revolts on the plane). Not sure how much everyone slept during the flight.

As an added bonus to our uneventful flight, all the baggage arrived and everyone picked up their proper luggage (a big improvement from last year).

Tito picked us up in a "chicken bus" and we headed to Antigua. We got settled into two different hotels pretty quickly and then, this being a basketball thing a group of folks headed to a tucked away little court for some afternoon basketball. Others took that time to explore this beautiful city a bit. We met up around 2:30 and had a meal together at one of the many area restaurants.

Now, everyone is off on their own exploring the city some more, or, I´m going to guess, napping and showering.

Everyone seems to be getting along great and making fast friends. We´re meeting up at 6:30 p.m. to go over some of the basics of living in a foreign country for 32 days and then I would imagine, most folks will make it a very early evening.

Tomorrow is going to be a jam packed day. We´ll visit some ruins, explore the city a bit more and then hit the road for the three hour bus trip to Xela where the students will meet their ¨new families¨.