Well, we made the next (huge) step in our trip planning. It is also a huge leap of faith (as we have not yet received enough support): we booked our flights to and from Guatemala!
We depart Logan airport on Saturday, February 9th at 10:25am EST and arrive in Guatemala City at 2:20pm CST. We had to change our return flight in order to stay within our original travel budget. Instead of returning on Saturday, March 1st we will leave Guatemala on Thursday, February 28th at 3:25pm CST and arrive in Boston Friday, February 29th at 12:41am.
Our only other options in our price range included the handy feature of a 7+ hour layover in the middle of the night in New York City. Tempting... but no.
