Sunday, April 24, 2005
Pasa Hakeem (sp?)
Yesterday, I went to Passa Hakeem. A tiny town in the back woods of Guatemala. My first time there, with my church, the entire town shut down when we arrived.. School got out early to see the Gringos.This time, disappointingly, the town did not shut down. However, some fun was still to be had with the kids who hid behind the trees from the Gringo.What also was funny was the kids who were utterly unafraid of me and my camera (they obviously just didn't know any better). As I took out my camera to take a photo of two of them, thier older sister (hiding behind the tree) yelled out something in Zutiheel (probably to the effect of "watch out, that deamon machine will steal your soul!") that made them duck inside the house, and made one of them start crying with fear....for literally 5 minutes.Later I proved to the girls that the camera was not dangerous, by taking pictures of myself and my guide Lukas. They were instantly convinced and addicted, asking for copies.unfortunately i don't have any really good photos....but i have a pretty good video clip of the girls ducking to avoid the gaze of the all seeing camera.Also...rainy season is officially here. Untill a week ago, it had not rained once. Now it rains every day.