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Tuesday 19 June 2012

Memories so sweet those Mountains and Rainy Days

Guatemala has two seasons. One is the dry season and runs from around November to May. The other is the rainy season and runs from May to October. Of course this year it started to rain in February. I am writing this in the month of June and yes it is raining.

It does not rain all day, just usually in the late afternoon or evening. Of course last night it rained all night and then all morning today. When the rainy season starts it is more of a light rain and later into the year we get some real down pours. Here like everything else that varies as well and sometimes varies quite a lot.

So in the rainy season (more or less) the morning starts off cool. The sun arrives and quickly heats up everything. Later in the afternoon we see some clouds rolling in. Then comes that rain. The nights at this elevation 2330 metres (7600 ft) are always cool and comfortable to sleep with even if its raining.

I must be a mountain guy. That all started out with the love of the mountains in the northern part or Wales where I was born. In Wales there are the Brecon Beacons, Cumbrian and Snowdonia ranges with Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales sitting at 1085 metres (3560 ft). On the southern end of the Snowdonia range is Cader Idris meaning "Gaints Chair. Idris being a giant from Welsh Mythology. Seeing it sitting like a giants chair, conjured up all sorts of imagery in my young mind at the time.

After moving to Canada and growing up in Ontario, I had to search out mountains there. Most people do not know but in an area just south of Sudbury Ontario in Killarney Provincial Park, there are the old growth mountains known as Lac Loche Mountains. They are laced with quartzite peaks that look like snow and ice. They once towered higher that the rockies their white quartzite and pink granite rocks sliding into deep lakes and water passages.

Later the western part of Alberta and it's ever stunning and grandiose Rocky Mountains captured years of my interest with camping, hikes and many scrambles.

Then in British Columbia I discovered several mountain ranges other than the Canadian Rocky Mountains that everyone seems to know about. British Columbia has many mountain ranges. The Selkirks, Purcells, Kootenays, Cassier, Columbia, Coastal Cascades and the Vancouver Island range to name a few. It was the coastal mountain vistas on the Pacific coast of BC that caught my attention lastly.

There is here a connection, between seasons, rain and mountains. 

Wales has its fair share of both mountains and rain. Ontario has hidden old maintains and rain. Alberta has mountains two seasons and some rain. BC is know for many mountains, coastal beauty and rain. Guatemala has its western highlands with mountains, two seasons and rain.

So wherever I seem to live I have either two seasons to deal with, certainly lots of mountainous terrian and yes pleanty of that rain.

I must love mountains and rain.


Friday 1 June 2012

Mucho Gracias

A thank you my friends.
I have been writing and caring for this blog for several months now. I am not quitting as it has been fun, rewarding and I have learned a lot.

gracias a ustedes, mis amigos.
He estado escribiendo y el cuidado de este blog desde hace varios meses. No estoy quitting como lo ha sido divertido, gratificante y he aprendido mucho.

I write in English. I should be writing in Spanish as well. It is a difficult language to learn. It is complicated for me. Yes I should try harder.

Yo escribo en Inglés. Debería estar escribiendo en espanol así. Es un idioma difícil de aprender. Es complicado para mí. Sí que debo esforzarme más.

I am cheating and I am yes using the translator from Google. But aside from that I also do know some phrases as well. I can understand and read more than I can write. Little by little.

Puedo usar el traductor de Google. También sé que algunas frases así. Puedo entender y leer más de lo que puedo escribir. Poco a poco.

There is never a shortage of things to write about. Lately I write more about life here than travel to here.

Nunca hay una escasez de cosas para escribir. Últimamente escribo más sobre la vida aquí que en los viajes que aqui

I have a few projects I am working on. One to provide housing for people that have no land or hope. It is a large project. With many Guatemalan people I am starting an NGO to do this.

Tengo unos cuantos proyectos que estoy trabajando. Uno de proporcionar vivienda a las personas que no tienen tierra o la esperanza. Se trata de un gran proyecto. Con muchos guatemaltecos que estoy empezando una organización no gubernamental para hacer esto.

Another project is to help people who want to go to Canada. We will look for jobs for people in Canada. Proceeds from this go to the housing project

Otro proyecto es ayudar a la gente que quiere ir a Canadá. Vamos a buscar puestos de trabajo para personas en Canadá. Producto de esto, vaya a el proyecto de vivienda.

I am not writing you this to brag. I just wanted to connect to all my readers all across the world. I appreciate your many comments. You are very supportive. I write for you. I hope to continue to provide information and knowledge to you.

Yo no estoy escribiendo esto para presumir. Yo sólo quería conectarse a todos mis lectores en todo el mundo. Agradezco sus comentarios muchos. Usted es un gran apoyo. Escribo para ti. Espero que siga proporcionando información y el conocimiento para usted.





Gracias