¿Cowboy boots?

We have less than one week of training left until we swear in as official Peace Corps Volunteers at a hotel in Antigua. Next Friday we are moving to Salcaja to begin our 2 years of service. This week has been packed with last minute training. We had a day of Mayan culture and language (since most of us will be living in areas where a Mayan language is spoken by at least some if not all of the population). Salcaja is about 40 percent indigenous. There was a day dedicated to AIDS/HIV education and prevention as this is a very important side project for Peace Corps Guatemala. We also had the opportunity to go to a little town out side of Antigua, Pastores, know for their cowboy boots. Three months ago I would never have believed that I'd be buying a pair of cowboy boots... but here I am sitting here writing this blog wearing my new pair of boots. Mosiah got a pair too, of course. The entire town of Pastores is lined with stores selling the boots, however I was told that though the people of Pastores make the boots famous throughout Guatemala, they do not actually wear them... The hand made boot cost only Q300 about $45 so if anyone planning on visiting wants to get a pair, we'll be happy to take you.