Tuk Tuk

This is from inside my tuk tuk ride to Santa Elena on Saturday.  You can see just ahead and to the left there is another tuk tuk.  It costs 5qz, about 70 cents to get from anywhere in Flores or Santa Elena and around.

I bought delicious flour tortillas from the women at the market for 1qz, about 15 cents for 10 hot fresh made tortillas!  MMMM!  I shopped around the market, and it was hustling with people and animals.  It was very crowded, and at one point I got lost in this maze of low crouched stalls that was closed inside itself, it must have gone on for 3 blocks, and it was very stuffy and hot.  It was a fun experience, I bought avocados, a bag of cut fruit, and then a flashlight.

So I thought that we would need a flashflight on our journey at some point.  So I went into hardware store front.  A husband and wife were behind the counter, the women was wearing all pink with a pink apron and had her hands in a box of screwdrivers while the husband was fixing a stereo speaker off to the side.  They were lovely people.  They offered me the only flashlight in the store, a huge Magnum 10 pounder.  So, I said no, and then they said they would make a phone call. Remember, my Spanish is broken, although I am getting better by the minute here!  So about 10 minutes later after waiting in this hardware storefront a man shows up on a tuk tuk and has three flashlights to choose from.  I asked how much, and they were 50qz ... more than I was willing to pay, but by this time I felt bad that they had basically hand delivered me exactaly what I wanted, so I bought it.  The funny part is, that I forgot to take it to the Tikal sunrise when we really needed it in that pitch black jungle on the way up to the temple! (see post on tikal sunrise)