We decided to go to Shala, Guatemala, to investigate a Spanish school.

I'm very interested in this school because they claim to use a method similar to my listen and answer lessons.

So, I want to try this school for two weeks. my listen and answer lessons.

So I want to try this school for two weeks and see how they teach Spanish.

We flew out of San Francisco after midnight at 1.30 a.m. It was a miserable flight. I couldn't sleep even though I was very

tired. My legs hurt and I was crammed into a little seat for over five hours. I was reminded again how much I hate overnight

flights and buses. I've made too many of these miserable trips in my life and

really dread them now.

After a grueling night we arrived in Guatemala City.

At first I wanted to immediately get a hotel, but I got a second wind and so we took a taxi to the bus station. I paid too much for the taxi. I always do this when I'm really tired after a long trip. I get ripped off by taxis and hotels. The bus ride was over four hours

and my legs hurt even more. My lower legs swelled and I still couldn't sleep.

The bus wound around curves up and down mountains.

I was constantly jerked left and right in my seat, my head bouncing with the curves. We finally made it to Sheila, Guatemala.

Official name of the town is Ketseltenango.

My legs were killing me and my neck hurt too.

At the bus stop we got another taxi into the center of town

and I paid too much again.

I was too tired to argue.

The center of town was almost totally empty, no cars, no people. It was weird.

Shela, Ketsulte Nango, is supposed to be the second largest city in Guatemala, but it felt like a ghost town.

Using a guidebook map, we walked around and finally found a guest house.

Luckily, it was a very nice place, a small building with a

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