More local artwork. (actually, it is another doorway) |
Another Mayan costume. |
These are from a Mayan music museum. |
Mayan masks. |
An early Christian shrine. |
Mayan getup after colonization. |
Mayan ceremonial papering. This is looking up at the ceiling. Fruits, flowers and other things were hung for good luck. |
The temple beneath the paper. |
Close-up. |
I didn't see Roma take this one, but it is spectacular. |
Mayan hand loom. |
Gage likes animals, even fake ones. |
A shot of the hills close to the house we were staying in. |
The patio outside our rooms at the house. |
Looking into the kids' room. Our room was next door and exactly like it, with only one bed. |
Looking down on the dead-end street outside the house. |
Gage on the street. |
Leif and Gage on the roof of the museum/house of Senor Popenoe. This (obviously very wealthy) man was the person who brought the avocado to California and the United States. He's got a signed declaration from the US Department of Agriculture attesting to the fact on display. The home is beautiful with many original works of art, many wonderfully restored. |
Looking out south towards the chapel of San Francisco and Volcano Agua. |
Same direction. |
The home's homing pigeon room. There were over 150 pigeons kept here for sending and receiving messages. |
A doorway in the home. |
The home's inner courtyard. |
The family arms. |
Books (mostly used) for sale along one side of the town square. |
The boys using some internet time at the Bagel Barn coffee shop. |
Looking south from outside our rooms at the house at Volcano Agua. |
A closer view. |
Steven and Diego cooking carne asada. Diego was the 10 year old boy in the house, and was quite a character (to say the least)! |
Diego at the grill. |
The family's dog, Dulce. She isn't well trained yet, but is a very smart dog, with highly selective hearing. |
Talita (a neighbor girl) invited us to her 9th birthday party. I can't really think of a better figure for a pinata, can you? During the pinata hitting, at one point Gage smacked Leif on the top of the head accidentally with the stick. |
Talita got pushed into the cake by her older sister as she bent down to take a bite of the cake with her mouth. This is a birthday tradition in Guatemala. |
Gage and Leif dive into their goodie bags. |
Kids and adults attended the party. |
Gage and Leif playing post-party. You can see the wet spot on Leif's head where he has been holding the ice pack. |
