Drama drama

29^th January 2011

So here we are. Back to square one. Hoping that a mechanic can fix our van. Except this time we are in a little town in Guatemala (yes they let us in, pretty easily) surrounded by big volcanoes and very steep roads out, with not a lot of access to parts or mechanical tools and oh yeah we don’t really speak much Spanish. I am tested to the max. My language and dictionary-look-up skills; my patience and my hope and positivity. We are hopeful it is ‘just’ a vent on the transmission box, which is broken, and making our ATF poor out faster than we can fill it. It may need a whole new transmission tho. Which they can only do in Guatemala City. A VERY long old tow up a steep steep curvy mountain road away. Not even sure we can find a tow truck who could do that, as we are very heavy, and tall. We were extremely lucky to find a tow into Panajachel, as tow-truck numero uno couldn’t lift us up. Tow-truck numero dos managed to drag-tow us down the steep steep mountain road, and drop us at the mechanic, where we are still.