A tale of tech mishaps and life’s important lessons


The day the tuk-tuk ran over my phone in San Pedro de Laguna was a revelation, a moment that drove home the importance of slowing down and savoring life’s moments in a world consumed by relentless productivity. It was as if the universe had conspired to teach me a lesson through this unexpected turn of events.
So there I was, rattling through the narrow streets of San Pedro de Laguna, Guatemala, in the back of a tuk-tuk, my phone firmly in my grip — or so I thought. My phone decided it had had enough of my frantic tapping and slipped from my fingers. But this was no ordinary phone drop; it was a Hollywood-style stunt move. Instead of landing gracefully on the side of the cobblestone road, it took an acrobatic leap, slid under the tuk-tuk’s frame, and met the unforgiving back wheel. The result? A shattered phone and an unplanned digital hiatus. The plastic protector film valiantly clung to its place, the sole barrier keeping the glass shards from relinquishing their grip.
Now, San Pedro la Laguna isn’t exactly the Silicon Valley of phone repairs. This quaint indigenous village…