Some people think that Lago Atitlán is the most beautiful place on earth. Newagers believe that the “vortex” there is stronger than anywhere else (although I don’t really know what that means). After being there only a brief time, we had already met gringos that were so drawn to being there that they come back […]
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Colors
With regard to clothing, I doubt that there is any place more colorful in the world than Guatemala. The indigenous dress (traje) of the Maya is brightly colored and includes every conceivable color of the rainbow – purple, green, orange, blue, magenta, yellow, sky blue, pink, maroon, forest green, lavender, red, burnt orange, light green, […]
Antigua, Guatemala
The city of Antigua is unlike any other place in Guatemala – there is a fair amount of money here. The vast majority of the 13 million people who live in Guatemala are poor, but being in this small town of about 60,000 people is like being in an entirely different world. Let me paint […]
Serendipity and Loss
Sheri left Salt Lake City late Tuesday night on a flight to Los Angeles, and after a two hour layover she took a redeye flight that arrived in Guatemala City at 4:30 AM Wednesday. I was at the airport waiting for her with the taxi cab driver who had picked me up in Antigua at […]
The Chicken Bus Adventure
My last week in Xela went by fast, as last weeks do. Monday was spent walking all over over the place with two ladies from Pop Wuj looking for party supplies, we were planning the quarterly birthday party for the kids at the Guardería Daycare Center. We dipped in and out of makeshift booth after […]