Our apologies - no photos today. We figured out out where and how to pay our electric bill today, and it was quick and easy. Sometimes things like that can get very complicated here, very quickly.
We did have to spend some time at the local Claro cellphone store, replacing
Dave's cellphone which was stolen on Saturday. Oh well. At least phones here are "pay-as-you-go", so if you lose one or have it stolen, you just write it off and start over with a new one. A sort-of-decent new phone here starts at about $40, including some minutes.
We found a Tierra Linda lady who sells vegetables in the market, which was a highlight. Her name is Santa, and her husband's name is Santo. We're not joking. No, we didn't make any North Pole jokes either. She's a friend of our friend Adele, and Adele told us approximately where to find her in the market. Of course, that required Dave to go up to a random Mayan lady in the market, and ask "Where is Santa?". Somehow that struck us funny.
She's wonderful, and so we're going to shop at her stall regularly. She has a son in our computer class, and her older son who was at the market was eager to learn too.
Zane has discovered a new game - putting all his magnetic letters and numbers into the empty 5-gallon water jug, one by one. He loves it.Tomorrow morning we have class again with the sixth-graders, and hope to have the internet connection working for the computers for the
first time!
We did have to spend some time at the local Claro cellphone store, replacing
Dave's cellphone which was stolen on Saturday. Oh well. At least phones here are "pay-as-you-go"
We found a Tierra Linda lady who sells vegetables in the market, which was a highlight. Her name is Santa, and her husband's name is Santo. We're not joking. No, we didn't make any North Pole jokes either. She's a friend of our friend Adele, and Adele told us approximately where to find her in the market. Of course, that required Dave to go up to a random Mayan lady in the market, and ask "Where is Santa?". Somehow that struck us funny.
She's wonderful, and so we're going to shop at her stall regularly. She has a son in our computer class, and her older son who was at the market was eager to learn too.
Zane has discovered a new game - putting all his magnetic letters and numbers into the empty 5-gallon water jug, one by one. He loves it.Tomorrow morning we have class again with the sixth-graders, and hope to have the internet connection working for the computers for the
first time!
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How was your cell phone stolen? I'd be amazed if you had made it through the entire trip without having anything stolen!
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