Quest to See the World

There are a lot of central american tourists around since they have off this week. today when i was at the ruins a girl was taking a pic of her family on top of one of the temples and i offered to take one w/ her w/ her family and i did. then when she came back down to get the camera she asked me if she could take a pic of me w/ her family on the temple. i wasn’t sure if i heard her correctly and she repeated. i was like “um, ok” and climbed to the top to get the pic w/ her family. her dad put his arm around me and everything!!! it was strange, but since i’m taking pics of the people who live here, it was only fair for me to let someone take a pic of me. i guess they don’t get the opportunity to pose with a gringa very often.

Well after getting well needed rest, i woke up and went to Copan Ruinas this morning with a couple from Portland, OR i met on the bus ride here from Guate. Although ruins aren´t the most important thing for me, I did think that they were really cool. there were actual temples and the site was much larger than Iximche where Dave and I went last week. It started to rain a little at first, but nothing serious. The entrance fee was pretty stiff at $15, but I´m glad I went. Tikal in northern Guate is next.

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