written with coffee beansthey grow lots of coffee here, but of course they export all of it, making it difficult to find a good cup of coffee, but this place has it.
san pedro pueblothese two men are actually carrying a huge load on their backs, they use a strap that goes along the forehead. it is amazing, the weight they carry...young and old.
two women....this is an example of the traditional mayan dress.
my streetthis is the street that i have been living on for the past few weeks in hotel san francisco.
man, i forgot her namemet her and her brother on my street, we played a game and after they asked if i had a camera, they wanted me to take photos of them...and then of course they wanted 1 quetzal.
god is loveall over san pedro there are these paintings, they´re awesome. it is a weird town...lots of converted mayan evangelicals, lots of drugs, and a few practicing the traditional mayan beliefs.
look to godthis time some kids jumped in, they didn´t understand why i was taking a picture of the wall...
!buenos dias!everytime you pass this window he yells ¨buenos dias¨, he is my second favorite person in this pueblo.
mi libro, la massacrethis is a page out of the book that i read about the war in guatemala the last two decades. whole villages murdered, women raped, tortured, kids thrown up in the air and shot, babies in utero ripped out of the stomach of their mother...this whole area(the highlands)has suffered so much. and this was a book for young kids...
headless figuremy teacher, nathanael chabahay, brought some mayan artifacts to class one day, his father found them in the surrounding area throughout his life. they are possibly thousands of years old...and i got to touch them, not just look at them through a glass case.
my teacher, nathanaelhe was so nice and super smart, he also taught math at the local school, his father kept a journal of all the happenings here in san pedro his whole life, the first car, prices of coffee or corn, marriages, visitors, etc. it is fascinating.
I miss you so much! I love to be able to travel, through your pics. Thank you for being such a beautiful and interesting friend! Come home you travelin' gal.
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I miss you so much! I love to be able to travel, through your pics. Thank you for being such a beautiful and interesting friend! Come home you travelin' gal.