temeridad

make sure to click on the photo link on the right.  i just uploaded a TON of pix. they’re labeled yet but at least you’ll get a view of things around here. later.

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the mennonites apparently are in larger numbers in Belize.  they came there to escape pursecution in Europe in the late 19th century.  drive on young mennonite women in your puffy cruzer.  god is luv in a puffy black cloud.

 

so the food.  what can i say but OMG. everything is so fresh and well prepared.  the best so far are the soups.  they’re all made with rich broths and lots of fresh herbs and vegetables.  so good.  seriously yellow eggs (this means they’re practically plucked from the chicken) and always delicious.  then there’s the price.  so inexpensive.  i had a great lunch the other day of a brothy thick soup with herbs and stuff….lots of celantro and two nice sized chicken medallions fried nicely on one side and a mound of yellow rice AND deliciosly fried fingerling potatoes.  to drink i had hot tea and a glass of freshly squeezed pineapple juice.  bread is served with each meal as well.  this meal cost me around Q15 which is roughly $2.00 US. is that stupid or what?  the thing is if they have just a little money they make the most of it and things are done as well as possible when it matters most.

 

so, i found a bakery called Bake Shop.  my teacher went with me cause i didn´t know how to get to it.  when we walk in i´m floored because behind the counter are guatemalan women dressed like mennonites.  funny.  the baked goods are to die for.  best cinnomon apple tarty thing i´ve ever had and it was american like. they also sell yogurt whish is not common here. i went back today and got some along with some home made peanut butter and bread.  when i was leaving i noticed a mennonite women driving away in a beat up landrover with puffy black smoke coming out the exhaust.  whoda thunk it?

 

so i just needed to CLEAR this up.  pete didn´t know when i was talking to him about it earlier.  thought i had explained it.

poop trash: in guatemala the septic systems can not handle anything but what comes outcha body. so when you use the toilet you have to wipe it and roll it up and put it in the trash can beside the toilet.  yes it´s true.  it does sound awful BUT it´s really no big deal.  somehow, toilet paper seems to completely mask the smell. i´ll let you DIGEST that before i post anything else at the moment.

hasta luego,

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