Padraig Nelyon from Co Clare volunteered at an environmental
project in Guatemala, this arcticle from The Clare Champion (Friday,
February 6, 2009 ) presents his experience.
Maybe he's overstating it,
but if he's not Padraig Neylon is surviving on an infinite diet of
black beans and rice these days. However, while the Kilmurry McMahon
man is attempting to adjust to a Central American diet, his grasp of
Spanish is improving. In fact, he maintains that he can even throw a
few words together in the Mayan language, or at least one of the 22
Mayan dialects in Guatemala. On the top of that, Neylon, who is working
voluntarily in Guatemala for a couple of months, is attempting to teach
Irish to some of his Central American works colleagues.
