When we left Belize, it was definitely bitter sweet but I know that I will return to that little slice of paradise one of these days! We headed to Peten (the northern part of Guatemala) because part of our group had never seen Tikal. I was lucky enough to see it last year so I just hung out on a beautiful lake for the first day. But the highlight of the last part of the week was the Guatemalan circus!
When we arrived, we saw an incredible sight! It was none other than a Big Top (obviously it was smaller than the norm since we were in Guatemala!) We knew that this was how we were going to spend our evening. We made out way to buy tickets early to make sure we would be able to get 'good seats' and found a place to eat a delicious pizza dinner. We headed to the circus about 20 minutes before it was suppose to start. When we walked up, we were the only ones there. We walked down to the lake until we saw someone else and then walked in. Our tickets were taken by a girl that we later found out was 1 of 6 performers. We waited around for another 20 minutes for the first act. Boy were we surprised to see that the opening act were three girls in three green sequined bikini's doing three very risqué dances! There were a total of 20ish people in the audience so it wasn't easy to hide our laughing faces in what we could only describe was a very awkward situation. And this didn't last for 30 seconds, it was a good four minutes! After the three 'dancer's' were finished, two very inappropriate clowns came out and divulged in some very adult humor. Mind you, this was suppose to child appropriate. Some of our favorite performances were the two inappropriate clowns talking about a women being a 'milk store' and the older she got, the bigger the store became. There was a contortionist that was the only real talent of the whole show, but what did she do as her last pose? That's right, she smoked a cigarette.
Out of the six performers (maybe I should say staff because they did everything! Including taking tickets, running the consession stand, and being the 'hydralics' for the 'trapeze') we decided that two of them were siblings. So, you can imagine our disbelief when they had a 'sniffing' scene where they proceeded to smell eachother in all areas of their bodies (including but not limited to necks, armpits, butts, and crotches). I never quite figured out why they were doing this but the children thought it was quite hilarious! I, again, was just laughing out of awkwardness! Another favorite was when one of the clowns came out and pretended to be gay and sang to a few chosen males in the audience, including one from our party! The clown would become so overwhelmed with emotion that he would shutter! Again, another awkward situation but so funny! My favorite had to be the three dancing girls dressed up as Barney, Winnie the Pooh, and (I don't remember). They came out to the Spanish version of "I love you, You love me" and then proceeded to do their dances once again but this time with hip thrusts! I will never view Winnie the Pooh the same again!This was by far the highlight of the second half of Semana Santa but we enjoyed many other things as well. The place that we were staying was owned by an expatriated French man. It was beautiful! We stayed in a tree house like loft that had open windows and wooden floors.
By Saturday, it was time to head home so we boarded our night bus once again and departed for Guatemala City. We arrived at 5 in the morning and made our way to another bus station and went home.
Looking back on the trip as a whole I can't help but smile. It was such a great trip, with incredible friends, to a beautiful place! I can't wait to continue my adventures in the year to come (if you didn't catch the hint, I am staying next year! More on this in a few weeks!)
I hope all of you are doing well!
Viva La Vida!
Liz
Playlist:
Whatever It Is by Zac Brown Band
Eres La Musica en Mi by High School Musical (Spanish Version)
Girls Like Us by Tandy
Perfect Day by Lou Reed
Shine On by Rascal Flats
Open the Eyes of my Heart by Josh Edington
Lua by Bright Eyes
I Will Posses Your Heart by Death Cab for Cutie (a favorite from last spring!)
Kid A by Radiohead
If It Makes You Happy by Sheryl Crow
Viva La Vida by Coldplay
1 comment:
Of all of the things you've done in Guatemala, this is the one I regret missing out on the most. I know this really must have been something. Love you!
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