so, that spiffy newly donated/imported fire engine with the ladder? ‘parked at the Shell station on the edge of town…too big, etc but it gets worse: Antigua doesn’t have any tall buildings, there’s not enough water pressure to use the engine’s pumps and the support legs, if extended would sink through the cobblestone streets….oh, also? it’s too large to turn any corners….minor stuff, I know. But if the City used it as a ‘float’ for the many parades (beauty queens/Santa and stuck to a straight street like 4th calle….oops! what abut the overhead wires? just another ‘only in Antigua’ story, I guess.
that ‘arabic-themed’ place on 4th avenida, Habibbi’s? gonzo..Shaun’s El Barrio is the 800 lb gorilla on that block (Ocelot, Lava, Bulls Eye and the others).
and another ‘only’ sighting…that spinoff spa, on 6th avenida sur from what was TOSA, offering aroma therapy, massage and then laser liposuction? now offering even more! Clair Voyant is there, with astral travel (another travel agency?) chakra cleaning and so on…hey, whatever works, right? one of Ponzi bob’s ex-minions is involved, ok? and what’s the difference between minions, underlings and henchmen? dunno..I guess/think that May first is a holiday here but I can’t remember….CRS, you know…’can’t remember sh…t’
and yes, it was great to visit with HBT…he’s looking good, the family is back together, there’s a few more pigs and the old Land Rover is even more aged…and I got some more background on the infamous Guatemalan Choo Choo story, a Jim Hearne/HBT production in the early 2000’s….another ‘only’ great story…lawyers with guns, breakdowns, racing trucks to the crossings and more…I’ll probably write it this week end..yes, there’s photos, ok?, if I can ever shake this damned little ‘summer cold.’…o well….another shot of Vick 44 and a splash of rum (lunch/dinner). Have a great weekend and let me know what the holiday is/was.
Our Man in Antigua 
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