so here are just a coupla facts i have found out, from being a contractor and as ben and renee pointed out maybe the tallist person in guatemala. you take things for granted back home like running up steps but here the steps don't have to be a certin height or depth so i have triped bunches of times. doors oh how i hate doors, here they are never the same height even in the same house you will find diff height doors and aat one house i ended up on my back cuz they had takin a tall door and just put a bar across a foot down from the top and put a shorter "door" in. along the same lines awnings are right about eye level and made from sheet metal, every where you go there is bob wire and razor wire on every wall but some are soo short and stick in to the side walk that even aaron has nicked his hat on them. houses here are so simple and easy to build with next to no outlets and hardly any running water. they also don't waste any space in the richer houses that we stayed in at language school the restrooms are located under stair ways. so if you would like, go walk next to your stairs and make them a little steeper and then pix a toilet and sink you could wash your hands from on the toilet and a door all under them it makes for an interesting time.
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