Thursday, October 18, 2007

Waiting for the Holidays

One thing that we learned in training was to always look forward to something, anything. It could be as small as a trip into town to eat Taco Bell, but just have something on the horizon to look toward. Now that school is all but over for the year and I have some time to plan for next year (I mean procrastinate), I find myself needing things to look forward to.
Things I am looking forward to…

1. The Rockies winning the World Series

2. Having healthy bowels again

3. Dave coming to visit

4. Having too much fun in Antigua

5. Mom coming to visit

6. Thanksgiving in Guatemala

7. My next pay check (I am getting really hungry)

8. Someone to call from home

9. Seeing bolos asleep in the gutters

10. Going to Belize and being warm again

11. Christmas in a hut on the beach

12. School starting again

13. Riding my new bike around Salcajcá -- Thanks Uncle Sam

I would love to hear what people back home are looking forward to.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Salcajá Market

The market in Salcajá is every Tuesday and Saturday. Tuesday is the bigger day with animal (live ducks, chickens, cats, dogs, turtles, turkeys, etc... ) and furniture venders. People come from all over Quetzaltenango & Totonicapán for the market, as Salcajá is well known for their corte. The market has several blocks dedicated to the corte venders. There is also flowers, veggies, meat, spices, pirated cds & dvds, and much more. Mosiah and I try to buy as much as possible from the market as we just learned that our little super market, the ¨despenca familiar¨ is actually owned by Wal-Mart... The below pictures were taken this morning.


corte vender



woman buying corte


girl shopping for a new huipil


sweater section


huipils