The article at the end of this will give you some more information. After spending many nights in Antigua and making friends with the locals you get to know the real city and the non toursity kind of things. We started the day by going to the market to make our purchases for the day. This day was hotter and the idea to have have mojitos came up and since we were in the market why not get some fresh mints and blackberries for our mojitos. You know if you were here on a hot day you would want a tasty drink like that too. After a few mojitos and face painting we were on our way to an Antigua tradition.
On Fat Tuesday the day before the start of lent there is a tradition in Antigua Guatemala to gather in the central park and throw painted eggs at each other these eggs are filled with confetti but some people throw gold dust or flour. We were trying to not hit the kids that were involved but they were probably the deadliest and they would really sneak up on people and smash them with their eggs. It was a quick little event and a lot of fun and these are the things that make travelling truly special.
Of course after doing battle in the park with our eggs we had to show off our battle scars (flour, confetti, egg shells) so we proceed to do a hostel pub crawl. A few of us are rather a quiet bunch........after proceeding to other hostels I realized I made the right choice in my hostel as many of the other ones were lots of people sitting around and not actually enjoying their day. I understand the irony of saying it amazes me how many people who travel can't seem to disconnect from the cyber world.....yes I am online and sometimes we all have things to do online such as banking but many people can't seem to have any kind of a conversation unless it is online. With that I think it is time for me to enjoy my day a little more.
Tuna Tom
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