Showing posts with label central plaza. Show all posts
Showing posts with label central plaza. Show all posts
December 28, 2017
angels in antigua
November 29, 2017
clean boots
there is a central plaza in Antigua [like most latin american towns] and it's a good place to meet up with friends.
even though i've only been here a short time i find if i'm sitting in the park on my own within 10 minutes someone i know will wander through and sit for a chat.
today i was waiting for a friend and an older Guatemalan woman was sitting next to me and making me quite nervous as she was trying to talk to me in Spanish. but it's good practice so i give it a go while furiously texting my friend 'come quickly, i'm being forced to practice my spanish'.
oh, also, the central park is inundated with Mayans [the indigenous people of Guratemalan - like native americans] ALL SELLING THE SAME CRAP. seriously, there can be fifteen women at the same time all pushing the same ugly necklaces and scarves at you while you avoid eye contact and murmur 'no gracias'.
there are also always a few boys willing to polish your shoes so i do take advantage of that for 15Q [US$2].
even though i've only been here a short time i find if i'm sitting in the park on my own within 10 minutes someone i know will wander through and sit for a chat.
today i was waiting for a friend and an older Guatemalan woman was sitting next to me and making me quite nervous as she was trying to talk to me in Spanish. but it's good practice so i give it a go while furiously texting my friend 'come quickly, i'm being forced to practice my spanish'. oh, also, the central park is inundated with Mayans [the indigenous people of Guratemalan - like native americans] ALL SELLING THE SAME CRAP. seriously, there can be fifteen women at the same time all pushing the same ugly necklaces and scarves at you while you avoid eye contact and murmur 'no gracias'.
there are also always a few boys willing to polish your shoes so i do take advantage of that for 15Q [US$2].
November 15, 2017
little things
this afternoon i noticed my cord for my iphone and ipad wasn't working. it's strange because it is just a simple cable. my phone battery was at 20% and so i set off to find a replacement.
i would usually have a backup cable but lost it somewhere between Africa and Guatemala i didn't replace it. there was an initial sense of dread when at first, waving my cord around and asking in spangish for a replacement i only got shaking heads in return.
most places i've been this process starts with a post in an online forum about WTB and ends with several hours of visiting dusty shops in the basement of buildings hunting for western style cables.
then, to my surprise and delight i found a shop right at the plaza where i needed to be anyway that had the exact cable that i needed. it's the little things that make life easier overseas and it put a smile on my face for the rest of the day.
i would usually have a backup cable but lost it somewhere between Africa and Guatemala i didn't replace it. there was an initial sense of dread when at first, waving my cord around and asking in spangish for a replacement i only got shaking heads in return.
most places i've been this process starts with a post in an online forum about WTB and ends with several hours of visiting dusty shops in the basement of buildings hunting for western style cables.
then, to my surprise and delight i found a shop right at the plaza where i needed to be anyway that had the exact cable that i needed. it's the little things that make life easier overseas and it put a smile on my face for the rest of the day.
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