This is another market very nice and spread out around two city blocks. There are also aisles through out the building inside. You can find almost anything you desire to eat here and it is not nearly as crowded as the the market we took Mom and Ben to in Antigua.

Well Mom and Ben have completed their trip to Guatemala. We saw many wonderful sights, ate a lot of good food and enjoyed each others company. Ben even started speaking a little Spanish. This is our goodbye Photo at the hotel in Guatemala city. I am sure Ben and Mom have a lot of photos and stories to share with their friends back home.

One night we had dinner at Hotel Don Rodrigo with Ben and Mom the food was great and there was a traditional dance (the Mayans against the Spaniards) the dance lasted for over 30 minutes. fun was had by all.

Ben and I stopped by to eat some hot wings and have a beer. Ben made the comment that in Guatemala Hooters has a better staff of hooters. Don't worry Martha she only got this close once for the photo and all the others kept their distance as well.

While in one of the villages near Antigua mom was modeling some traditional Mayan attire.

This is how we get somethings here on the Rio. This is a delivery for the restaurant but twice a week a boat comes with several ice chests full of groceries, pork chops, bacon, cheeses and yogurts. The grocery boat is from Casa Guatemala which is an orphanage here on the Rio and they will sell to the boaters too. I like to patronize them because it benefits the orphanage. Plus their boat pulls up in the spot right next to ours. Also on Saturday morning a fellow comes by with a boat load of shrimp and while his shrimp is a little more expensive than the fish market in town, it is really convenient to step off the boat and buy it right on the dock. Of course any of the fisherman will sell you fish off of their boats you just have to call out to them as they paddle by.

Of course for most things it is a trip into town in the dinghy and lugging it back to the boat in the backpack. So it is when you live on the river with no road access.