Monday, May 23, 2005
chichi and beyond
This weekend we went to Chichicastinago (holy crap.....i think i spelled that right) to see the huge market they have.....It was incredible....A complete flood of dizzying colors and people trying to sell you cool stuff....Pictures later.
We went and saw a mayan ritual place while there (some smoke stained rocks on a hill). This sounds awful, but our guide was incredible. He told us the significance of each pile of rocks, and went into some really interesting mayan customs. For example, if you are sick they will bring you up on this hill and rub eggs and lemons on you, and then throw them in the fire. If they explode, you aren´t getting better (obviously....duh).
Today we went to Guatemala City to get Elliot a legal passport. Of course he couldn´t find his expired passport this morning for a good 20 minutes...I was ready to kill him...but he bought us lunch at Pollo Campero and made it better (guatemalan fast food is REALLY good). We ended up meeting up with Betty (a stellar lady who helps out churches) who helped us find a hotel and took us to see Star Wars 3. This is totally strange for me to be in malls. I´m going to get culture shock going home. Rio Dulce tomorrow.
We went and saw a mayan ritual place while there (some smoke stained rocks on a hill). This sounds awful, but our guide was incredible. He told us the significance of each pile of rocks, and went into some really interesting mayan customs. For example, if you are sick they will bring you up on this hill and rub eggs and lemons on you, and then throw them in the fire. If they explode, you aren´t getting better (obviously....duh).
Today we went to Guatemala City to get Elliot a legal passport. Of course he couldn´t find his expired passport this morning for a good 20 minutes...I was ready to kill him...but he bought us lunch at Pollo Campero and made it better (guatemalan fast food is REALLY good). We ended up meeting up with Betty (a stellar lady who helps out churches) who helped us find a hotel and took us to see Star Wars 3. This is totally strange for me to be in malls. I´m going to get culture shock going home. Rio Dulce tomorrow.
