the groups of christian do-gooders appear to be dwindling…or is it dwindleing? dwindle me….kind of like the word ‘frugal’….to save…’frugal me’…no, frugal you…whatever, I’m tired and its only Wednesday…the streets are wet and clean/clear with only Hector’s showing any sign of activity($$)…Ignacio and his band of Cuban All Stars back playing at La Esquina on Wednesday nights…the gig at Riki’s didn’t last long, I take it…Nelson & Co still in the States, leaving a musical hole in Antigua nights…kinda miss the magic but…he’ll be back, as to when, who knows?
That strange smell in the streets after a tuk-tuk goes by….Venezuelan high sulfur crude, crudely refined but the price is right…probably a ‘deal’ involving something like this….
happy days are here again
I only know because a few years ago, when I was inspecting a….uh…you know, some of ‘that’ and the usual odor was overpowered by what we’re smelling in the streets…hey, science is my life…
Ocelot now offering 2 gig wi-fi…per keith, it rips…Claro finally playing catch up with the other providers in this town…up the street to Zaika, the reincarnated el Palacio de India, for a post-stroll pop and a chat with Enrique and Blanca…it’s a political thing: I live on the same street, patronize their laundry…and they can use the business…one couple seen in the corner…is it just me or does it seem that the tourist season has peaked? fewer students, back-packers, cruise-ship passengers….school in the states starts soon, the economic scene there gets more malo every day…we might not have a lot of bridges or functional roads in Guatemala but at least we’ve got….what is it exactly? rain! that’s what we’ve got and plenty of it….here, take some, will you? why doesn’t Antigua have any Love Hotels? you know, the 24 hour joints with closed circuit TV and discreet entrances…or even Dial-a-Hooker for those rainy evenings?…hey, babe..bring a pizza and…extra pepperoni, maybe some chocolate syrup…if you’re up to it, ask someone in the next gaggle of onweird christian soldiers if they’ve got a missionary position open…
Our Man in Antigua 
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