Friday

Up early this morning to see the sun come up over the lake. It was really the constant barking of dogs during the night that spurred the early rise but it was worth it. Some of the women were already down that at the water's edge washing clothes. The mist was on the lake and the fishermen were heading out. You could hear hundreds of cockerels crowing all around the lake.

I took a bunch of photos and stitched them together for a 180 degree view of the lake. The sun was rising on the right hand side.


This morning we have our last session over the lake at the school in Chacaya. Then we have a session at Juan Castro's school and that concludes the soccer sessions and we start to make our way back towards Guatemala City vis Panajchel and Antigua. We hope to visit some Mayan ruins on the way back but we will have to see how well everyone is. Rich is a bit better this morning but no-one else is around yet. Update later...

Went to Chacaya. Erin and Rich made it but Jenn was still sick. Erin and Rich probably shouldn't have come either as they were still very queasy. We didn't have much time there but handed out all the gear we had taken for them, along with a load of balls and the kids were elated.
Above you can see out new recruits for the U12B Stars team after scouting for talent

These girls were very photogenic and demanded that we take photos of them!

Came home for lunch and Erin and Rich joined Jenn on the sick list , which was juts as well as we had to walk thrugouh the market and the smell of fish would have provoked a nasty reaction! They though a few ice cubes on the fish but it could have been a marketing ploy. Strawberries next to shrimp .....


We got to Juan Castro's school and handed out the cleats, balls and the rest of the gear. Y0u can see the girls decked out in their Wilmington YS shirts and all the A-B balls we left with them.
Started my missionary work down here - if you look closely you can see Juan Castro with a Glasgow Rangers shirt.

Checked out and headed for Panajchel on a fast boat. Funny incident on the way out when I gave my old Nike trainers to a kid outside the hotel only for Rich to walk back in again with them after taking them away as he thought he had stolen them. Had to go out and give them all over again! Rich is pretty mean....

The only thing we considered safe to eat was pizza and amazingly we found a place and it was pretty good.