Personal Narrative Essay: A Trip To Guatemala City

Kyrill Goncharenko
English Composition
Trip to Guatemala
The beginning of summer followed by one more year of High School. That summer I would visit Central America, more specifically Guatemala. I could not wait as it would expose me to a culture that I have never experienced and I was looking forward to it. My mother visited Guatemala the year before and she loved it. She believed it would be a great experience if I went and was able to expose myself to those people to that country.
June 20th will always be in my childhood memories, the day my mother and I would depart for Guatemala City. Containing yourself is very difficult when some exciting adventure is straight ahead. The flight to Guatemala City is not very long. Only if it was a direct flight, but like most flights there are layovers which were located at Dallas airport. When finally landed you could tell that this was not United States, not only because the people were different, but also the weather was so beautiful that is rarely experienced back home. The reason? The seasons

Guatemala City being know as one of the worst big cities in the world makes any tourist unnerves, but when you have a native from the country it makes things a lot less scary, and puts you more at ease. Staying with a host mother Miriam made things a lot easier. Her knowledge of the town and all the places to visit, it seemed like everyone knew her and she knew everyone in Antigua. Same goes for her husband Papa Mario. The owner of a coffee plantation which meant that he and Miriam were well off. By being a family with money they decided to be a host house for tourist who wanted to experience the real Guatemala. Living in Antigua gave that opportunity a real chance as the town is protected by the military of Guatemala and it is very safe to be there as a tourist. The house that Mario and Miriam owed is very large with three bedrooms downstairs and three