First Guatemala report - sorta kinda

After detouring to New Hampshire for my friend Edith's memorial service and special time with friends there, I left Boston at 6:00 this morning. After going through Atlanta to Minneapolis (which, as everyone knows, is a direct route), I went through Houston headed to Guatemala City. I am now sitting in the airport in San Salvador, El Salvador, with my new friends, speaking Spanish, and waiting for a bus to the hotel. It turns out the airport in Guatemala City has been closed since yesterday, but the flights keep coming and diverting. Very interesting beginning to my adventure! We've been here for almost two hours now, and I'm very tired, but I have to admit this "diversion" has a certain charm, and almost everyone here is very calm and philosophical about the turn of events (and plane).