Quick update. My rear hub broke for the 3rd time now. It happened just outside town so I didn’t have to push for very long. One of the families took me in and I’ve been staying with them since the 13th. The brother drove me 3 hours to Guatemala City and I ordered a new Shimano hub. That should be ready tonight and hopefully I’ll be back on the road Wednesday. Fun stuff this bicycle touring. 
Update 8/17: picked up a new hub this morning so I´m planing on hitting the road tomorrow. As expected it didn´t go smoothly. They installed an 8-speed hub on a bike with a 9-speed cassette. They made the old cassette work although now I have a couple less gears to use. Hopefully it holds up.
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that sucks son. be tough, hang in there. things will get better, this is just part of it. happy to see you back on here and call me when you can, you can bitch at me if you need to vent.
Hang in there, Scott! All the things going wrong is just part of the on-the-road experience no matter your mode of travel!! Things will turn around.