More Monterrico
Saturday, February 21
Kinda thought that I wouldn’t have much to talk about today because I
just hung out at the beach all day, went to the internet place in town
for a bit and then sat by the beach drinking a few beers. Things were
relatively normal and I was talking with the guy next to me who knew
about as much English as I knew Spanish, so was kind of challenging. He
was from Guatemala City and was down just for a night. We had a few
beers and were watching the locals play soccer when his friend, who
knew more English, sat down and asked if I liked tequila. Haven’t
actually had tequila in a long time, but I’m in Central America, so why
not have some. We go back to their Bungalow and things start to get a
bit strange. One of the guys always had his back against the door and I
figured out that these guys were “together” and maybe thought I would
join them. At this point it was very obvious what their intentions
were. After 3 shots one of them started puking and the guy at the door
went to help him. That was my queue to leave, I yelled adios and fled
back to the bar. There was a guy from Austria that I had met earlier
sitting at a table, so I joined him and told him the whole story.
Eventually the two tequila guys came back to the bar and sat at a
different table. One of them kept looking at me and smiling, but I just
ignored him. I wasn’t really in the mood to be raped. While we were at
the bar this big guy pulled up in a jeep with 2 other guys and a blonde
woman and walked into the bar. Everything was fine until the fight
started. Apparently the big guy was the father of one of the other guys
in the jeep and the blonde was the son’s girlfriend, if that makes any
sense. Well, anyway, the blonde was all over the father, so the son got
pissed and a fight broke out. We managed to stay mostly clear of things
but did get hit with some glass from them throwing bottles. Nobody got
hurt and the police came to break it up. It’s the only time I have
actually seen the Police do anything, but was grateful that they came
so quickly. The interesting thing was that they let the father drive
off with the woman and the other guys even though the driver was
obviously intoxicated driving on the beach. At least there was a little
excitement and I got to sleep alone in my room.
Sunday, February 22
A very relaxing day. Was a little hung over from the tequila shots and
slept till 11. I went down to the bar had a smoothie, took a shower and
headed for town. On my way out I saw the tequila guys getting ready to
leave and one of them were in his underwear and asked if I wanted to
join them. I just kept walking to town. Then they pulled up next to me
and said get in we will give you a ride, haha, no thanks! I kept
walking and they took off. The interesting thing about this town is
there are like 20 restaurants on the main street, but they are almost
always empty. I asked someone about this and he said that is just the
way it always is except during holy week when it is packed. I stopped
at a place that I had seen some people eating at the day before and had
a couple burritos. They were very good and only cost me 25Q which is
like 3 bucks for 2 large burritos. After that I walked around town for
a while and stopped at the internet place again to post some of my
journals. Sunday is when all of the people from the city go back home,
so there were lots of people around. It was also the first time I had
seen lots of extremely drunk locals wandering the streets. Some
couldn’t even walk and were crawling around and falling all over the
place. Some would just fall down and fall asleep on the side of the
road; the police would pass by, but do nothing. It was a sad sight to
see. That night I just watched some soccer and went back to my room
when the mosquitoes came out. Not sure if I mentioned this before, but
after the sun goes down and it starts to get dark, the mosquitoes come
out. You can either spray yourself or just go inside for like 30
minutes because they are really bad. Then they just go away.
Monday, February 23
Got up this morning and was surprised to see one of the couples I had
stayed with in Santa Cruz at the bar. I joined them for breakfast and
we told each other where we both had been for the past few days. They
had gone to another hotel around Lake Atitlan for a few nights and got
here last night. The guy from Austria was also down there and was
heading out for Antigua today. He told me of a good place to stay there
that was 60Q a night and included breakfast. I’ll check it out when I
go there tomorrow, but there are also lots of places to stay in
Antigua. I will only be there for 3 nights before I leave to go home
and will try to go on day trips to volcanoes and stuff.
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