Monday, December 10, 2007

I Walk Miles....

....everyday. Miles. It helps that I regularly get lost. But I don´t mind because every street brings something new...a little cafe, a gallery, a tienda, a park or a centuries old church. People are nice, they smile, bid you good day. Relative to the towns I visited over the weekend...and those we drove through, Antigua is well kept and peaceful....not frenetic, relatively speaking. :) Heard about another theft....a student on a bus to Tikal. She was sleeping and got pick-pocketed....no violence. Got her passport tho. It is more dangerous in the north....in the petan, the lowland jungles. I plan to fly to the nearby town and then bus to Tikal for an overnight stay in the jungle. This is reportedly one of the best places to see jungle wildlife in Central America. Might even see a jaguar (I wish!). Will be booking plans in the next day or two....

1 comment:

Jratrain said...

"A need to tell and hear stories is essential to the species Homo sapiens--second in necessity apparently after nourishment and before love and shelter. Millions survive without love or home, almost none in silence; the opposite of silence leads quickly to narrative, and the sound of story is the dominant sound of our lives, from the small accounts of our day's events to the vast incommunicable constructs of psychopaths."

--Reynolds Price


Marie keep the small accounts of your days and night coming...I really enjoy it.