Location change and ''Seen''

I am now in Quetzaltenango aka Xela. It was a bumpy but scenic 5 hour bus ride. It is the total antithesis of Antigua. It is loud and busy and lived in and a little dirty. I think I will like it.


Because I can't always get pictures of things, or because it is not always easy to post pictures, I am going to start a little segment called ¨Seen'' where I say what I saw in as few words as I am capable.


Seen...

• a 1980´s two-tone brown suburban full of Mariachis. Guatemala City aka Guate. From the bus window.
• every room in a small publea covered with drying red, yellow, and blue corn. About an hour away from Xela. From the bus window.
• men with guns guarding a pharmacy, a car dealership, a bank, a pharmacetical company, a roadside bus stop, and highway construction projects. From the bus window. Guate and the road from Guate to Xela.
• at least 10 dogs of various size and age wearing sweaters, tshirts or puffy-vests. Calles and Aviendas of Antigua.
• white rasta of Australian persuasion. Think Ras Trent* with an aussie accent. Front Desk/ Bar Black Cat Hostel, Xela.

*If you don't know Ras Trent. Look it up on youtube, Hulu, or SNL.com and prepare to laugh.