We're all here!

After a long delay, the whole crew got here and through customs about 3:00, check in at the hotel and then went to the historic district to have lunch/snack at the Pan American hotel where they specialize in traditional food. There are many colorfully embroidered huipils (traditional dress) decorating the walls, a fountain in the middle of the dining room. We all felt refreshed and ready to see the world.  We walkede to the main square, seeing the cathedral and governor's palace.  In front of the cathedral are columns that have the names of all the people who were executed, tortured, disappeared during the civil war.  It is quite sobering.  It is wonderful to see the families, friends enjoying the square.  The temperature is perfect!  In the 70's!  What a relief from the heat at home.  Tomorrow we will be traveling down into the jungle so will be much hotter and more humid.