PowerCycle

08/15 There’s supposed to be this annual thing were it stops raining for about a month right in the middle of rainy season. Someone forgot to tell that to mother nature though. It still rains every afternoon and today its been raining since 10am. It’s market day in town so I went out before the rain started and browsed the stalls. I didn’t really need anything but it was nice to get out of the room and it’s good to buy some things from the locals (food, since I can consume an endless supply). It really sucks when the weather is bad for the once a week market because I suspect it keeps people at home and sales are probably pretty low. Or maybe they are used to it so it doesn’t matter. I don’t know.

The population is small so there’s not too much to see apart from the stores on the main street. I get stared at a lot so I find it a bit awkward to be out just walking around. There are a lot of guys riding horseback which is a bit unusual. There’s an internet cafe here but it hasn’t opened yet. I went in yesterday but the connection died after 10 minutes.

Something got in my eye while I was sleeping last night which had me digging around for 30 minutes. Still not sure what it was. It’s better this morning but I was freaking out a little because I’d read about a bug getting in a guy’s eye and laying eggs which almost caused him to lose sight in it.

I haven’t asked Tony’s brother if he’ll give me a lift back to Guatemala City to pickup my wheel on Tuesday morning. Hopefully he’s OK with it because I’d rather not have to to catch a 6am bus and then have a 5 hour ride ahead of me. By car it only took 3 hours.