Semana Santa and the reunion!

The week leading up to Easter in Guatemala is called ‘Semana Santa’ and it’s one of the busiest tourist weeks of the year. Even in the tiny town of San Marcos there was a noticible influx of visitors. During my silence I wandered to the town square and church every day to check out the festivities. On Good Friday I got to see a spectacular process. On one of the streets and in the centre isle of the church young adults were making elaborate murals out of coloured sawdust. I watched the process for a long time but had to leave before the road one was fully complete. I got up early the next morning to go take a picture and discovered that they were gone! Turns out they spend all day making the murals, then destroy them that evening. (I found out later that there’s some type of process where they walk all over the sawdust carrying something heavy.)

Today I was up early to pack up and take the boat back to Panajachel to reunite with RobO. Turns out he had also figured out that this is the busiest travel time – the hotel reservation I had made for him was a bust so he ended up sleeping in the utility room of another hotel. I’m sure he’ll fill you in more on the next blog post so stay tuned! Anyway, we had an awesome day reconnecting, exploring Pana, eating street food, and handicraft shopping. Now RobO, Roxanne, and I are in a real hotel room making plans for the days ahead. It’s going to be great!