Panajachel to Guatemala City

This morning, we were all up at the crack of dawn, eager to leave the hotel. We ¨showered¨ with antibacterial wipes and left our Happy Home, not without taking a group photo as a momento in front of it.

Halfway back to the city, we stopped in Tecpan to get some breakfast at Katok and continue the laughter from the night before. Then, we dropped Lydia and company off, and went home to shower!!!!

Later on, we took a trip to the Mercado Central (downtown market) to do some last minute shopping. I didn´t take my camera, as downtown Guatemala isn´t a place to be flashing a camera. On the way there, my cousin decided to show us ¨easy street,¨so to speak. It was an entire city block composed of rooms on either side with doors wide open and women showing off their goods - prostitutes left and right. The kicker was that the police station was literally around the corner. Apparently, prostitution is legal in Guatemala.

The reason he decided to drive down that street was because my mom told Fabi earlier that day that when she was little, she used to tell my grandmother to rent a room for them to live on that block because it was always busy and looked like a happening place to her. Little did she know that it was what it was.

After the trip to the market, we went home and I took a nice nap with Diego while Fabi and everyone else did their thing. I´m glad Fabi has meshed so well with my family.

Tomorrow we´re visiting my family in San Jose Pinula and then getting ready to go back home. Can´t believe our vacation is almost done.

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