After getting a touch of food poisoning in Antigua, I made my way to Xela (the second largest city in Guatemala) for a week of Spanish classes. During this time not only did I realize the little Spanish I know is...well terrible, but I lived with a host family who served some of the best food I've eaten while in the country! Xela is a little rough around the edges, and a little cold due the the altitude but I really enjoyed the city. After a week it was pretty clear that I needed to see the ocean so 5 hours of chicken buses I arrived at Tilapa on the pacific coast for a couple nights. This might have been the strangest place (so far) in Guatemala. After 5 hours on a bus to the middle of nowhere you must take a small boat to an island. Tilapa (or Incest island as we called it) is a secluded village with an amazing beach. For what ever reason there were only about half a dozen people ever around at one time. Most of the time there was no power for what ever reason.
During my two nights here I lived in this hammock
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