as promised, updates every couple days! . the showers in latin america amazed me for a few months. i will write more on the vigilantes later and include a picture later tonight or tomorrow, i have no time now... here is an email from the beginning of my trip. 07/25/05
last night we met a group of about 100 heavily masked and armed vigilantes (as you will see in teh pics) after they broke up a fight, tonight the power went out in the whole city and we sat and watched it from our roof... that was fun.
ok since i am trying to keep these emails educational i thought i would share with the gringos on my list some shower info. in guatemala, hot water is provided by .. get this... a little device called a fumadora (or something very close to that ) which is a 110 volt device that plugs into the outlet right near the shower... can you guess where it attaches? if you guessed to the showerhead, you are correct. couple this marvel of technology with the fact that the tile floor of the shower dosnt drain water too well and you have a recipe for disaster, open electric device plus a large puddle with one tall wet gringo who nearly touches the contraption whenever he moves while showering...oh yeah a couple more things, the water has 2 speeds and 2 temps, dribbling out or niagra falls and freezing or scalding... you can only combine them in the following arrangments 1.dribbling while scalding and 2.niagra falls while freezing. couple these things with the fact that you cant let the water get in your mouth because of ameobas and you can see what kind of fun we are talking about here. Despite these difficuluties, i still manage to shower everyday and am enjoying each day more and more, its an adventure at every turn and just when you think you have it figured out, the power goes out.
Peace and love, James
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