Fish Ice Cream
Trip Start
Jun 12, 2007
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Trip End
Nov 13, 2007
Helads Marylena: You need no more reason to visit Guatemala City. They have dozens of flavors of ice cream. Fish, beer, beans, lots of things I didn't understand. I must admit that the wildest I got was corn flavored (it was very good).
Other reasons to visit Guatemala City: To see how actual Guatemalans live outside of the tourist zones. To feast on the vast array of street-food available everywhere. To go to the central cemetary and see the booths selling stuff (2 for the price of 1 funerals! No, seriously). Go oggle all the guns everywhere. Every place has an armed guard and every armed guard has a very large shotgun. Heck, even the ice cream shop had a shotgun totting guard. This is why I was glad to be in Guatemala City on a bright sunny day. I made a point of leaving before dark.
Other reasons to visit Guatemala City: To see how actual Guatemalans live outside of the tourist zones. To feast on the vast array of street-food available everywhere. To go to the central cemetary and see the booths selling stuff (2 for the price of 1 funerals! No, seriously). Go oggle all the guns everywhere. Every place has an armed guard and every armed guard has a very large shotgun. Heck, even the ice cream shop had a shotgun totting guard. This is why I was glad to be in Guatemala City on a bright sunny day. I made a point of leaving before dark.

