Saturday Fun!

This morning has been great! We got up well and had some cereal. After breakfast we threw him in the snuggli that Judy bought and headed to the handicraft market. It was open aired and really cool.

We asked for a taxi at the hotel and our great taxi driver Edwin sat in the parking lot of the handicraft market for an hour waiting on us to finish up. Jimmy did great at the market. He fell asleep in the Snuggli in the cab on the way there and slept for about 45 minutes. We had just sat down for coffee at a little coffee shop when he woke up. He holds out his hand all the time which we think is his wave. He went to hold out his hand to Brian and immediately knocked over my latte. First of many I am sure!

We left the market and had Edwin drive us over to the Archaeological Museum. It was amazing. We asked Edwin to wait for an hour but we should have asked for more time. There were tons of reliefs and stealeas from Mayan sites throughout the country. They had a huge 3D map of Tikal and we heard a woman speaking in English to her daughter about what all the different buildings were. We struck up a conversation and both she and her husband were Archeologists. Brian chatted with her husband for quite awhile (one of the reasons we needed more than an hour) but Jimmy was getting bored so we walked through. You can tell the weather here is nice and constant because the middle of the museum is open aired and ourside there are giant reliefs and statues stored out there. It was really amazing.

Edwin was great and essentially hung out with us (or waiting for us) for over two hours and the massive taxi bill... $20. Which included an 8 dollar tip. The thing about this city (or the parts that we have seen at least) is that it isn't cheap. How do people live in this city? It has to be so expensive. I listened to a woman who came down to foster her son. She has lived here for a couple of months in a house she rented outside San Cristobal. She said it costs her a fortune... Not for the house but for everything else. I really don't know how they survive.

We are back at the hotel and Jimmy is bouncing again in the chair here in the baby lounge.

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