Lola Daehler, a 22-year-old New York native, is riding out the coronavirus pandemic in Guatemala. She's spending her time strumming guitar, reading and swimming
While thousands of Americans sought help from the government or private security firms to evacuate, others chose to stay, worried about what they see as a skyrocketing U.S. caseload made worse by laxer containment measures.
“I’m very happy I got to the lake,” she said. “I get to wake up and swim and not be in New York City, which seems pretty terrible right now.” An estimated 9 million Americans live overseas, according to an 2015 estimate from U.S. Department of State, but it is not clear how many are in Latin America as a whole.
“I think people who can actually grow some food are going to be better off than people who can’t,” she said. Since late November she has been in Mexico, a frequent travel destination, but has a flight booked back to Oregon on April 5, where she would have more outdoors access compared with the still-crowded sidewalks of her current neighborhood.
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