December 2016 I met over two thousand people in my job as a tour guide, but one of those people talked to me, had a conversation, so we decided that we had to continue that conversation another time, he promised to go back to Guatemala and this is the very brief story of this week spent together traveling and enjoying Guatemala.
Worried, very worried, of losing my connection with my job and with the people I attend I decided to dedicate a few days to attend a friend and his girlfriend that I met last year. We went to explore caves and live the life of Guatemala, to see the corn fields and to see the communities in the jungle, to eat their food and to sleep on the hard and cold floors.
The day I said goodbye to them and I left them at their hotel on their journey home I could not speak, every time I tried to tell them something, the tears came to my eyes. So I write this little review to remember the special of that trip and how much it reminded me and reconnected with my work.
When I returned from this adventure my boss loaned me the biography of Ian Graham, one of the most recognized explorers of the Mayan jungle during the 70's
And two days later we went on an adventure to visit the archaeological research project San Bartolo, I can only say that it is a matter of Karma you give something and life gives you the same, I went with my boss who is one of the best archaeologists I have Had the pleasure of meeting and two of her friends very good people and with a very deep knowledge about archeology, research, life and experience in the jungle.
I found it in Ian Graham's vehicle at the San Bartolo site still running.
I had been trying to reach San Bartolo for six years and could not have been any better.
Thanks to the people who allow us to share our life in the jungle, our adventures, experience, knowledge and above all ... our context.
Elías And Ian Graham's vehicle.
eliasalvatierra@yahoo.com.mx
Ecology and archaeology tour guide.
