On Friday after saying goodbye at the Hospital, we spent the afternoon in Antigua. Antigua is Guatemala City's Old Town. It was the capital of Guatemala until a bad earthquake hit in the 1700s. (Interestingly Antigua has had many earthquakes over the years and my dad went through Guatemala on his way home from Bolivia in 76.)
We shopped at the market for a few hours, walked through the plaza, shopped at a Jade shop (Guatemala is the only place you can buy lavender jade), and went to a nice dinner at an old monastery. It was a full, fun day.
A good conclusion to a great trip.
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If you look at the picture of Jack on the bus, you'll notice that he's hanging off the back of it. We saw this a lot on the road. There would be up to as many as 20 people hanging off the doors, windows, and back of the bus, because the inside was already packed. Crazy!
Wow, you'd never do that here in the states! Thank goodness. I assume Jack was doing so while the bus was stopped. Do you have any pictures of lavendar jade? Your pictures are intriguing!
People would hang off the back of the busses in Bolivia too, but we were not allowed to do so as missionaries...something about safety.
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