Last days at the lake

One last blog post for 2014! We spent our last two and half days at the Lake Attitlan in the town of Panajachel. We like to end our trip here because it gives the students (and more to the point the adults) a chance to unwind and especially to buy some gifts for those at home.

This year we were able to schedule a game in the lakeside town of San Pedro so on Sunday morning we all took a 45-minute boat ride across the lake for the game. It's not a bad way to get to a game! :) The gym in San Pedro is probably one of the nicest that we have played in in Guatemala. The Young Guns had a great game, but it was really the Old Heads (with a big assist from a lot of the Young Guns) who had the best game. We like to call this the Jamal Coates, Keepin' it 100 Memorial Game. Stats below at the end of the blog.


After the game, we all boarded the boat and headed to Santiago de Attitlan where the Hoops students were able to do some shopping and visit the historic church at the center of town. We then took the boat back to Pana for a bit of down time before we all met up to celebrate Carlos' birthday! According to our waiter at the Sunset Cafe, it is a tradition to crack an egg on the head of the birthday celebrant and then put flour on it. I'm not sure where this is a tradition except for maybe in the mind of the waiter, but Carlos took it all in stride.

On Monday, which was our last full day in Guatemala the students spent their time trading clothes and lord only knows what for trinkets. We also got together for our last group meal. Everyone seemed super excited to get home, but also sad to be leaving Guatemala.

On Tuesday morning it was an early morning (like 1 a.m. early morning) bus ride to the capitol and the airport and then the flight home. With only a minor delay in Houston due to crazy weather in D.C. we were home and reunited with our families (or dogs) in time for the evening news.

It was a great trip and we are already looking forward to next year.

Young Guns vs. San Pedro
Daniel 2P/2R/2A
Sanu 15P/5R/4A
Demani 9P/1R/1A
Carlton 2P/2R/2A
Alec 2P/7R/3A
Carlos 17P/4R
Ronnie 4P/7R/1A
Manny 6P/5R/1A
Miguel 2P/2R/1A
Nigel 10P/2R

Old Heads vs. San Pedro
Bryan 17P/5R/7A
Diggs 18P/2A
Alex 17P/10R/8A
Malik 25P/17R/1A
Carlos 5P/1R
Demani 10P/4R/5A
Daniel 8P/1R/1A