I've settled into an Airbnb space in the village of Santa Catarina Barahona, about 20 minutes southwest of Antigua. Being out in a village makes time in Antigua fun and exciting. Sometimes I get off the bus there and feel like a kid arriving in Disneyland. If I had accommodations there, it would all get a little old due to how hectic and congested it can get with Guatemalans and visitors alike crowding the streets and sidewalks. This is not meant to be the kind of travel writing that's all about amazing adventures and fascinating encounters with the "natives", or finding a new romantic "love interest". This is more about moving into a new space and finding it has no windows or that a cold spell means there's not much to do in the morning besides read under the covers. It's these moments where a kind of deconstruction of how we come to judge things happens, and I've found it leads to empowerment . It's about those moments of disconnection ...