"Pink Basket" - The Girl and the Photo Shoot
Trip Start
Oct 10, 2007
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Trip End
May 15, 2008
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala,
Guatemala
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Playing with my camera, checking my photos in public, all the things you are supposedly not supposed to do with your camera in Central America (in reality it really depends on the place within a place, within a place that you are) and this little girl walks past me several times. By the 5th, 6th, 7th time she is giggling in that way only children can do and skipping past me with her pink basket in hand.
Saying hello, she comes running up to me, sister in tow, and asks if she can take some pictures. More of an order than a question, she whisks the camera out of my hands. I had a moment of "what if she runs away with it, or breaks it". And then I thought "big deal" ´cause I liked her. Plus, most children are excited by a new game and not mischievously planning a theft regardless of where you are
Quatro Niñas
. (Not to discount the skills of those with the five finger discount of survival). After taking turns with my camera they invite their two friends who are not as sure about this game. I immediately forgot all their names but Tina, the sister of "Pink Basket".
My last night in San Pedro I printed photos for them and found them hanging out where they initially found me. I told them I had something for them and immediately, like the jumping beans that only children can be, they started yelling "fotos, fotos, fotos". Intuitive little buggers. They were most pleased and so was I.
Comments
They are the cutest!
How is your spanish? Have you found that it has improved to the level you wanted it to be by this point in the journey?
Que dulce!
Hola Genevieve,
Keep glowing, keep posting! I enjoy following along in your muddy tracks. I want to ask for your help in making a photo montage gift.
When you have a chance, could you post a photo which includes (in big letters):
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Thank you - All will be revealed in time!
Happy Year of the Rat!
Jenn