Guatemala : Home of the pump-action shotgun

Antigua, Guatemala

From Ecuador we flew to Guatemala in Central America. From the airport we drove to a town called Antigua. It is not the same as the Antigua in the Caribbean. It is an old town and it is very nice. The streets are cobbled and when you drove down them in a car it made your head wobble. Most of the people in Antigua are American and they have very loud voices. I don't know why. The weather was nice, but sometimes it rained. When we were in Antigua we climbed up a volcano. It was a very big volcano and took us hours to get to the top. The volcano had lava coming out of a big hole at the top. Lava is rock that is red and very hot. There was gas coming out aswell and it was very smelly. When we came down the volcano we had to run because it was very slippy and I kept falling over and when we finished I had pebbles between my toes and up my bottom.

In Antigua we ate lots of tacos, which are like butties but don't have any bread in them. They have meat in them and then you put lots of chili sauce in them. It was very hot and made fire come out of my nose. On Sunday there was a big procession and lots of people carried big tables in the town square. One had a big Jesus on it and he had light bulbs on his dress, and so did his cross. Lots of people were dressed as Romans but I don’t think they crucified anybody. Some men stand around with pump-action shotguns and they point them at you if you look at them funny. There are 2 pump-action shotguns for every person in Antigua. I counted them. We bought some books in Antigua because I was reading the same book for the fourth time. It was a good book but I know how it ends now. Cara bought some postcards. Then we left on a bus to see a lake.

Mik