I found your blog while looking for a recipe for jalapenos en escabeche. I was a PC Volunteer in Patzun, Chimaltenango from Dec. 1978- Jan. 1982. I spoke fluent Cakchiquel, and was voted in as the volunteer who had gone most "Native". When we arrived in country, we could travel virtually anywhere in the Highlands, with no fear of theft or violence. We would frequently hike from remote town to remote town, and stay and eat wherever we happened to be come evening. We would ask people if there was a room or shed we could stay in, and if we could buy tortillas,etc. The violence started in northern Quiche provence, and spread south. I was the last PCV to leave the Central Highlands, and when my third year was up I left Guatemala with a broken heart. Even though I have never returned, I think of the wonderful times, the tough times, and the beautiful Guatemalan People I lived amongst. I really would like to go back someday soon, and this blog is my beginning of a new connection. Thanks