DAY 48c
Week 7
SAN JUAN LA LAGUNA ~ Overnighting With The Locals (Sololá, GTM)
Wednesday May 1st, 2019
TODAYS MILEAGE – 51 miles / 82 kilometres
TRIP MILEAGE – 19,787 miles / 31,844 kilometres
We were met at the San Juan La Laguna dock by a representative of the local Mayan tourism concern, who introduced us to our respective home stay family members. A short 10 minute walk saw us dropping our gear off at our respective local homes and then met up at the local park to go on a walk of the town.
We visited the Iglesia Católica church, the Codeas Women's Weaving Cooperative, Qomaneel Plantas Medicinales, Licor Marrón Chocolate and an art gallery thrown in for good measure.
It was just on sundown as we headed back to our respective homestays, I dropped my camera off and headed out to do a bit of exploring before dinner. As I was starting to feel like a long-haired friend of Jesus in a chartreuse microbus, I decided to resolve that via 20 minutes with a cutthroat razor in a local barbershop and boy howdy, I felt like a new man after that - do you know any??? 
On my meanderings, I ended up way out along the shoreline when I got WhatsApp messages from both Coco and Sonia that dinner was ready. I’d completely forgotten about it and said for them to continue without me, as I was literally miles away. I ended up grabbing a pizza at Restaurante Rostro Maya, which to be honest, was a pretty decent offering.
Upon arrival at my local accomodations, we got to chatting with Raul and his wife Maria and got to hang out with their 5-year-old grandson Francis, who’s taken a real shining to me. Loved sharing some quality time with him.
No shower for me tonight as when I was heading off to bed, Raul informs me that the city turns the water off between 8:30 PM and 5 AM to conserve water from un-repaired plumbing and water systems. There’s a big lake at the doorstep – skinny dipping anyone???
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