Semuc Champey
A gem in Guatemala. Electricity from 6 – 10 pm.
Every time we passed this little old house a cute little old man would grab his bowl of homemade chocolate and run over to us to try and sell it. Every time we would just smile and say no thanks. After two days my heart began to ache for the little old man because this was his only source of income, hoping that tourist would buy his chocolate, and with it being “low season” you could tell he hadn’t sold any in a while. On our last night there I walked past his house one last time and sure enough he grabbed his bowel and came running towards me. As he came I waved him over and a huge smile spread across his face. I bought all the chocolate he had (roughly $3 US dollars). I can’t begin to express the feeling that I felt and the gratitude he conveyed.
Cute little mans house ;)
Kids are amazing and always willing to share. As we were walking some local kids shared some of this huge pod things (how you eat them: crack open, suck giant bean looking thing, the spit out) they weren't half bad.
This beautiful butterfly was just fluttering around us and then he landed right on my hat and Mike was lucky enough to snap a quick picture, priceless! I love butterflies :)
LOVE this man!
This picture is my favorite! Hilarious, he tried doing a back flip and his face ended up hitting the water first. Seriously I almost peed my swimsuit laughing!
such a sweet chocolate story. i love that. thanks for sharing. and SO CHEAP! jealous. these pools look incredible and that pic of mike is priceless haha.
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