chichicastenango

arrived in chichi with plans to spend the day. the market here is held every tuesday and sunday, and is world renown - made it into the 1001 things to do before you die book. streets were very crowded with men carrying corn around there head and chickens in baskets. if you show the slightest bit of interest in any item being sold on the street, the vendor will chase you down trying to bargain. a majority of the fresh fruit and vegetables are sold in the town gymnasium, basketball hoops and all. outdoors, the market is full of colorful textiles and clothing for all needs and desires. there is also a church off one side of the market where a lot of mayans pray in their own traditional way. left early afternoon in order to miss the mass exodus, and put my danish friend on a camioneta, for the first time, to guate. im slightly nervous as to whether he made it or not.