RANDOM PHOTOS (Anthony)

Monday, October 1, 2007

RANDOM PHOTOS (Anthony)

Hola amigos,
We are currently in Panjachel for a couple of days, resting our calves and our minds. I am going to try to post some trip photos. If the gods of mass media are awake and smiling (just who IS the patron saint of the internet. Someone get the Pope on the phone! STAT! ) we will be able to give you a little show. OK. Are you sitting down? Here we go.

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Photo 1. Mario´s Rooms, Panajachel (It´s like we have our own little patio!)

Photo 2. San Pedro (Local dude, local duds)

Photo 3. JESUS ES EL SEÑOR (I asked who Da´Man is in the next town - Apparently it´s David Hasselhoff.)

Photo 4. Beware of overhanging, melon-sized avocados.

Photo 5. Catholic priests call him Saint Simon, the local Maya call him Maximon, king of the underworld. He likes offerings of cigars and rum. I´m going to call it a toss-up.

Photo 6. I SWEAR that sign wasn´t there when we first arrived in San Pedro.

I´ll try to get some more scenic photos up next time.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: FYI:
Isidore of Seville
Isidore of Seville Born: c.560 in Cartagena, Spain
Died: April 4, 636
Canonized:
Feast Day: April 4
Patron Saint of: computers, computer users, computer programmers, Internet

So, how does Saint Isidore of Seville become the patron saint for the Internet? The Observation Service for Internet, who drew it's mission from the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, researched the Internet and related technologies to select a patron saint that best reflects the concerns and ideals of computer designers, programmers and users. The saint chosen by the Observation Service for Internet was Saint Isidore. "The saint who wrote the well-known 'Etymologies' (a type of dictionary), gave his work a structure akin to that of the database. He began a system of thought known today as 'flashes;' it is very modern, notwithstanding the fact it was discovered in the sixth century. Saint Isidore accomplished his work with great coherence: it is complete and its features are complementary in themselves.
http://www.scborromeo.org/saints/isidores.htm; October 2, 2007 at 11:55 AM

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The Proposed Itinerary

September 5 (ish) - we're off to Florida to visit our wonderful friends and family there.

September 18 - we'll fly from Miami to Guatemala City. We will immediately head for the colonial city of Antigua, where we will spend a few days relaxing and acclimating to Central America.

September 24 - we'll start Spanish School in San Pedro la Laguna, on lake Atitlan. (We will, of course, get straight A's and become fluent in no time.)

From there we head North to San Cristobal, in Chiapas, Mexico. (Where we've heard that policemen with sticks will smack you if you try to take photos in the Mayan villages!)

Then to Palenque, one of the mac-daddiest of Mayan ruins.

Then a remote border crossing from Mexico back into Guatemala across the Usumacinta River.

Onward to Flores and the surrounding area, where we will hopefully visit the family Lisa lived with in 2001. We'll make a stop at Tikal - the KING of Mayan ruins.

Another border crossing, into Belize. We'll stay in San Ignacio for a few days, visiting Lisa's friend Maria, who owns a hotel there. We'll also visit "ATM" cave - where we'll swim in the darkness to reach centuries-old Mayan skeletons.

Then, the final stop: Caye Caulker. We'll finish our journey in the islands, doing some snorkeling and relaxing on the beach with a cold beverage.

October 31 - we fly from Belize City back to Miami.

Sometime in November: we head North to Asheville, where we will arrive homeless and unemployed (but confident that both of those situations will change soon after our arrival)!

Turano Travels - Six weeks in Guatemala, Chiapas, and Belize

Monday, October 1, 2007