First Night Out

Stree in San Pedro

Last night provided my first exposure to night life in San Pedro. The small bars in this area are completly filled with travelers, whereas the local bars are up on the hillside in an area I may have stumbled upon today while looking for the bank. They are somewhat separate worlds. The family who is hosting me is also hosting another student who showed me around last night. We ended up at a place called Buddha Cafe where they supposedly cook pizza on the rooftop on a Buddha belly. Hmm... The Guatemalan beer is called Gallo (pronounced guy-o) and comes in ¨small,¨ which looks like a normal beer to me, and in a ¨liter¨ bottle. That´s a liter of beer. Did I really need a liter of beer last night? Of course not, but it was ordered for me, so I accepted it, drank it, and slept well. Sometime around 5 am, the sound of howling dogs woke me up. It was like a row of dominos being triggered-- one dog started barking and then the next, all the way through town. At that point, I decided ti was time to take my first picture in San Pedro. It´s pretty lousy, but it shows you the lovely hammocks that the family put up yesterday on the patio outside of my roof-top room.


Rooftop View at Sunrise



Rooftop view of Volcán San Pedro