Went to Chichicastenango today. Chichi makes Antigua look
like Palo Alto. Was about a 3 hr drive there, all for what is supposedly the
oldest and perhaps largest market in Central America. I was bored. It was
interesting to hear Mayan languages being spoken though and witnessing a Mayan
ceremony (a hybrid of Mayan pagan rituals and Catholicism). On the bus I met an
older Irish woman. Man, was she great to be with while we were walking through
the very crowded/dense market…all the vendors and kids accosted her, like moths
to a flame. I, on the other hand, just stood behind her, like I was drafting
off her :) I didn’t really get a chance to speak much Spanish because there was
nothing I wanted to buy. On the whole, I would not return to Chichicastenango,
nor do I recommend it as a tourist destination.
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| Colorful gravestones |
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| Mayan ceremony |
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| A less busy section of the market |
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