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Yes, I know, always been full of it...but now full of espanol...hey, this is an ordinary keyboard...@ is where it should be but no n with the bizzo!...so greetings from Antigua, the city in Guatemalam not the other one...where were we?..Lake Atitlan the huge caldera of the old volcano..320 m deep, stayed at Panajachel on the shores...lots of touristas, shop/stalls all the color of the Mayan textiles, carvings, bags, bits and bobs,,you know...<br />

Full of It...

Bill Shum
2006-03-24 22:14:53

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Yes, I know, always been full of it...but now full of espanol...hey, this is an ordinary keyboard...@ is where it should be but no n with the bizzo!...so greetings from Antigua, the city in Guatemalam not the other one...where were we?..Lake Atitlan the huge caldera of the old volcano..320 m deep, stayed at Panajachel on the shores...lots of touristas, shop/stalls all the color of the Mayan textiles, carvings, bags, bits and bobs,,you know...

Early in the morning watching a older gringo guy sipping his morning coffee, lips pursing in expectation even before his cup left the saucer...eyes sort of glazed over, gazing blankly out at the street scene...wondering what to do with another day in Panajachel....

Don't fret gentle blogfollowers if you can't find some of these destinations....we also have difficulty finding them sometimes!...just get a bigger scale map or search the net..

Left Pana and took to the road...luckily a short day as I'd picked up a bad oyster at the Uraguayan restaurant the night prior and was squirting something shocking..sorry if you're having breakfast but this is all part of the blog, and I'm sure it will pass...boom boom..so, a gentle ride up to the main road, off to Chichicastenango...famous for the just when I think I've seen it all, more extreme curves and switchbacks, soo steep, don't know if it was aided by the stomach bug but coming into some really steep right handers going up, suddenly facing a wall of bitumen, the brain can't comprehend how the bike is going to get around, like which way is up?...back to 1st, point and steer, up she goes, flicking over, straightens up and onward again......Of course we are riding on the right side of the road for those of you trying to picture some of the ride scenes that flash thru my tiny...

So, Chichi, the mojo has definitile moved on from here, sort of depressing little town and sort of typical of the depression of much ...