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Allison’s mom, Oma Joyce, who has been the subject of several blog entries retired last week. We would like to congratulate her and say thank you for all her help and support she has given us, even despite the fact that she isn’t the greatest supporter of out trip.
We hope she will enjoy her retirement. Our first retirement gift to her is this: we’ll loan Joyce and Dan the Yodavan anytime they want so they can start their own adventure.
Buen Viaje!
As we did for Mexico, we thought we would summarize some of our impressions of Guatemala. We’ve been here for nearly 6 weeks and have seen quite a bit of this country.
A Lot of Kids Have Really Hard Lives in Guatemala
Many of the indigenous children grow up never learning to read or write. Young kids, some as young as 6 or 7, are sent out into the street to work during school break. They shine shoes or clean cars at intersections. Some of the indigenous rent out their little children for a day to men that bring them to Guatemala City to beg. The families of these children are paid (7 or 8 dollars), but everything the children make begging goes to the men doing the renting. At street fairs I’ve seen groups of children huddling in the back of food stands all day long while their parents sell their creations. It is also not uncommon for young Mayan girls to sell bracelets or shawls. I’ve seen girls William’s age selling a handful of their bracelets for 1 Quetzal (about 13 cents).
Guatemalans Have No Idea How Long It Takes to Drive from One City to Another
Several times we asked people about how long it takes to drive from one town to another. Sometimes they completely underestimated how long it took, and sometimes they told us was much longer than it actually took. The only thing that was consistent is the fact that they were always way off.
It Is Almost Impossible to Get a Decent Cup of Coffee in Guatemala
Kind of surprising since so much of the coffee served at Starbucks is grown here. And that supposedly fair-trade, shade grown coffee served at Café Ladro is probably grown here, too. But all the high-grade coffee is exported to the states and the crappy stuff is left for the locals. This is true of other vegetables and nuts. The cashews you buy here in the streets are the gnarliest cashews you’ve ever seen, not like the smooth perfectly shaped cashews we buy in the states. All the perfect ones are exported for the Americans and the rest are left for the Guatemalans. At least the nuts still taste great.
Oatmeal, Batteries and Paint are Hot Commodities
This is one I don’t understand. Just about everywhere in Guatemala we saw signs with the Quaker Oatmeal Man, stores only selling batteries and a Sherwin William on every other corner. Who knew the oatmeal lobby was so huge in Guatemala.
Can You Hear Me Now?
Guatemala has great cell phone coverage and they are as popular here as they are in the states. It is not uncommon to see the poorest indigenous with cell phones, too. We were in the middle of the Guatemalan highlands, up at 9000 feet altitude and on the side of the road are Mayans talking on their cell phones. My Mom had an AT&T cell phone and would loose reception every time she drove by their headquarters in Redmond, Washington.
Up and Coming Star of Central America
Both Matthias and I believe that the popularity of Guatemala is going to take off in the next decade or so. There is really so much to see: great beaches, beautiful mountains, one of the most beautiful lakes in the world, jungles, the most spectacular Mayan ruins, markets and textiles. Antigua is a city with tourists from all over the world and it offers the tourists all the amenities they want. It is probably just a matter of time before Guatemala is no longer an “under the radar” vacation destination.
We left Thursday just before 9 AM. We said goodbye to my parents and drove off. Matthias and I were full of emotions when pulling away, but mostly exhilaration and ... [Continue reading this entry]
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