If God has blessed your bus/car/truck,
then you can drive as crazy as you want to.
then you can drive as crazy as you want to.
The only way to carry something is on your head.
Used to Seattle pedestrian rules? Right of way here is as follows:
Buses, Trucks, Cars, TucTucs, Scooters, Bikes, Dogs, Pedestrians. Watch out!
There is no limit to the number of family members who can ride on a scooter. Helmets optional.
Need to chat on your cell phone while on a scooter with a baby on your lap? That's fine too!
MTV could fare very well in Guatemala with a show called "pimp my bus"...
Everything you need is at the market and you can usually buy it from one person.
Teamwork is the only way to get something done.
Below, a team of twelve "sweep" the runway at the airport.
Every wonder where clothes go AFTER Goodwill or the Salvation Army? To Guatemala of course - to a section of the market called "La Paca" because people buy giant packages of US used clothes.
Some type of ice cream bar (or soda pop) will be available in any pueblo - no matter how small or remote (even if they don't have potable water). Below, a girl pokes her head out from her cane and tin house while eating an ice cream bar.
Road work is literally a "brick by brick" task (or shall we stay stone by stone)...
Forget the Rooster, 6AM fireworks are guaranteed to wake you up each morning
(a birthday tradition here...).
Just when you think there's no more room for passengers in the bus/van/colectivo,
five more will squeeze in (below - view of a collective from our bus).
Someone is always painting or repainting at least one house on the block, but Sherwin Williams only sells 4 colors of paint: Yellow, Orange Cream, Blue and Mint.
Never underestimate the number of holidays for virgins or saints.
(Below, a dance from one of those holidays).
And finally, Guatemala is filled with wonderful people, beautiful places, and great food!
Antigua, Guatemala
Pacaya Volcano
Lake Atitlan
Monterrico, Guatemala
Rio Dulce, Guatemala
Guatemala City
Flores, Guatemala
Tikal and the Peten Region
Traditional Food
Thanks for the great pictures! I used two of them to illustrate a point in a blog post: http://frankmartela.fi/2011/11/why-fearless-living-is-an-attitude-and-what-does-it-have-to-do-with-taxis-that-lack-safety-belts/#comment-4109
ReplyDeleteHopefully this is ok? If not, contact me and I will remove the links to the photos.
Hope you had an enriching experience in your journey! Guatemala is a great place!