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Jed, Seth, and I took a plane trip out to Salt Lake City, Utah to do a video on Sorenson Communications and its new E911/Real Number technique. Their headquarters is located in the city, making it very convenient for us to both do some work and have a little fun on this trip, as SLC is a great place to visit.

This week, I took a quick trip to Las Vegas with the intent of spending two full days doing some advance preparations for the DeafNation World Expo, scheduled to occur in July 2010.

Alvaro, David, and I joined with a guide to go to the Canopy Tour Tikal attraction, first thing in the morning. It was right outside Tikal National Park, not long from our hotel. We hoped to locate more wild animals on the way there, but we weren’t lucky enough to see anything.

I finally got to have some beauty sleep at Marriot-Guatemala City Hotel, after spending the last few days with Sam’s family. At 4 AM, I woke up and got ready for my flight to Flores, Peten (a Guatemalan state) with David and Alvaro.

Good Morning! Do you smell that familiar aroma of coffee? I certainly am, especially when you’re at a resort like the Filadelfia Coffee Resort & Spa! It certainly was a perfect morning for me, as I got to see more of Guatemala’s coffee industry.

My sixth day in Guatemala started off with a heart-breaking moment, that of leaving Sam’s family, whom I had come to know very well while staying with them during my time in Antigua. I’ll always remember them and Marco very fondly for their great hospitality.

I woke up to a beautiful sunrise over the mountains of Totonicapan. We left the house once again for the day’s assignments, and met a Deaf Mayan, Jom, in Xetul, San Cristobal. He welcomed me as if I was an old friend of his.

Today was an especially anxious day for me. I was about to get my long-hoped for chance to see a real coffee farm, with some Deaf workers present. I couldn’t keep myself in suspense any longer, and got up at 5:45 AM, waking up the rest of the crew in the process of realizing my dream.

I woke up to a beautiful Guatemalan morning, at 7 AM, despite the low-flying clouds coming through the mountain range. It was such a gorgeous day for a drive! Hitting the road, we saw how windy it was and enjoyed the view from the car as we drove to Quetzaltenango, well known as Xela, from Antigua.