After traveling from Guatemala City to Gualan (approximately 3 hours by bus) on Sunday, we arrived in time to attend church at Iglesia Luterana la Resurreccion. After service, we went out for lunch with Pastor and his family at a new place in town called Burger Diner. They had the most delicious pizza there. Have to say we all got quite a laugh when the waiter told us they couldn't cut the pizza slices into squares, because the pizza is round! They could only cut it into triangles. One of our team members drew a picture of what we meant, and lo and behold we ended up with square pieces. Pretty funny - I guess you had to be there!!!!
Afterwards, we went to the market and saw the place where Pastor goes to buy the daily fruit snacks for the kids. The MASSIVE fruit is papaya. They grow them big there!
Some of the fruits are fascinating, because we have never seen or heard of them before! I have no idea what this is that this lady cut open for me and invited me to eat.
Pastor tells us that it is better if we don't eat the fruit from the local market, just because we have no idea how their handwashing policies, etc. are. We always follow his advice, just knowing that American stomachs are used to different germs--not better or worse, just different.
These papayas are SO huge! They could be used as a dangerous weapon I think. They're so big they almost don't seem real! :-)
The sign says "Fruit Cocktails", 5 quetzales. The quetzal is the Guatemalan currency. I believe right now it's equivalent to around 12 cents U.S.
Afterwards, we went to the market and saw the place where Pastor goes to buy the daily fruit snacks for the kids. The MASSIVE fruit is papaya. They grow them big there!
Some of the fruits are fascinating, because we have never seen or heard of them before! I have no idea what this is that this lady cut open for me and invited me to eat.
Pastor tells us that it is better if we don't eat the fruit from the local market, just because we have no idea how their handwashing policies, etc. are. We always follow his advice, just knowing that American stomachs are used to different germs--not better or worse, just different.
