Introduction

This blog will follow me through my travels and experiences working at a clinic in Quetzaltenango (Xela), Guatemala. The clinic sees primarily indigenous (Mayan) patients in a rural mountain community. More than half of the patients are children, and the clinic is expanding its population even more to include more adults. Much of my struggles actually come from the rather universal theme of being a new healthcare provider, in my case, a new nurse practitioner. I'll also try to post plenty of travel stories to keep people entertained, and share some more cheerful stories. I apologize if there's an overkill of clinic stories. Sometimes it helps to tell the stories, even if only for my own sake.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

My Birthday -- A full day of fun!

My friends here were very kind to me in humoring my love for my birthday. They made my coffee, got me my favorite cake, and took me out to do fun things. There was even a little surprise party at the clinic! We decided to use the holiday as an excuse to go up to Los Vahos, the thermal steam baths.

The walk up was gorgeous, through farms, hills, and trees.



The hike down was gorgeous on a whole different level. The fog had begun to roll in, and we could hardly see anything but the fog.
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