We are just finishing off my second day in Xela. We arrived yesterday early in the morning after an extremely early bus that left Antigua at about 5:30 am. I am staying with Liz in her home stay with her host family. There are 6 members of the family living here: the mother and father, three boys, and the grandmother. They welcomed us to the house during our lunch. Liz got me acquainted with the town a bit by taking me on a walk to downtown before she was off to class for the afternoon. I was pretty tired so a caught up on sleep in the afternoon and only did a short walk around town to see a place called Temple of Minerva.
Today was more of an adventure. I walked all around town while Liz was in class this morning. I saw a Museum of Natural History near the central park, checked out a few markets, and generally explored all that Xela had to offer, in a couple of hours :) The museum of natural history was kind of funny since it was pretty much a taxodermy museum. One of the most exotic creatures there was labeled a generic dog, chow chow. There were some other interesting creatures including a series of conjoined stuffed goats. I figure that they could miss the opportunity to put these in a museum and just threw them in this Natural History Museum since that was the only place they sort of fit.
This evening, we drove to some Mayan ruins called Talik Abaj about an hour and a half south of Xela. The ruins and the forest were pretty. There was a little animal sanctuary with some exotic animals native to the area. I couldn't understand our guide all the well, but we got by.
Tonight's dinner was a fancy restaurant that Liz wanted to try, which proved to be quite a disappointment in terms of food and ambiance. Oh well, the rest of the day was a lot of fun. I am looking forward to going to Zuhil tomorrow with Liz's school trip.
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